My Morning Jacket will be celebrating Record Store Day on April 18 with the release of an exclusive live EP. Titled Celebracion de la Ciudad Natal (Celebration of the City of my Birth), the songs will understandably be culled from two shows the band played in their hometown of Louisville. My Morning Jacket released the following statement along with the EP's announcement:

"Hello friends. We are proud to announce and release a lil live EP that was recorded right in our very own hometown of Louisville, KY. a few songs were taken from our in-store appearance at our beloved and fabled record haven "Ear-X-Tacy" and a few of them were taken from our concert at the fabled "Waterfront Park." See if you can guess which is from which. We are excited to make this a special release that you can only get at your favorite local independent record store, as now more than ever we all need to take the time to celebrate what our favorite local record stores and businesses mean to us – the value of community/human-to-human, non-internet related physical and spiritual contact, and supporting the hardworking people in your community who strive everyday to keep it unique and keep it local. We are fortunate in our travels to get to see many wonderful things, but one of the most distressing things is the increasing "normalization" of the world and how all these places are starting to look the same – everywhere you look more and more towns are starting to be filled with the same gigantic corporations, and while some of these huge companies undoubtedly provide valuable services, it is so important that we realize that it is our local businesses and people (and natural landscapes, but that’s a different letter) that are what make different towns worth coming to... things you can only get in one place, made and sold by people who believe in what they are doing... people who are trying to keep good weirdness alive in this crazy dome. God* bless all of you, and god* bless the world and all that kinda shit.

-Yer pals, My Morning Jacket

P.S.- *The word "god*" is used here meaning anything you want it to mean and is a trademark of Globo-Chem Worldwide."

 The tracklist includes "Evil Urges," "Highly Suspicious" and "Librarian" from the band's most recent set, as well old favorites such as "Gideon," "Dodante" and "Phone Went West." More information and locations for National Record Store Day can be found here.