Music

Listen to My Morning Jacket cover the Muppets

by Nicole Villeneuve

On August 23, Disney will release the Green Album, and yeah, it does feature Weezer, but it’s not that Green album—it’s the Muppets tribute ablum, out as a teaser or sorts for the upcoming feature film, which itself is set for release on November 23. It’s the first Muppets theatrical release in 12 years, and was co-written and produced by Jason Segal.

The soundtrack is full of top-notch artists covering classic Muppets selections, including stuff from, yes, Weezer, as well as Paramore, Andrew Bird, Sondre Lerche, and My Morning Jacket, who’ve given SPIN an exclusive listen to their take on “Our World.” You can listen to it right over here.

“Every December, my friend Cara and I would camp in her basement, furiously running through channels on the old slider cable box, passing time until the next showing of Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas,” MMJ bassist Tom Blankenship tells SPIN about the original song and Muppets special. “It deserves to share legendary status with Rudolph, Frosty, and Charlie Brown.”