▁third ▁album ▁of ▁original ▁songs , ▁Volume ▁ 3 ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 3 ▁followed ▁by ▁a ▁collection ▁of ▁standards , ▁Class ics , ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 4 . ▁Both ▁albums ▁also ▁chart ed ▁and ▁were ▁released ▁on ▁Mer ge . ▁ ▁Mon sters ▁of ▁Fol k ▁▁ ▁Mon sters ▁of ▁Fol k ▁is ▁a ▁project ▁formed ▁by ▁Ward , ▁Jim ▁James ▁of ▁My ▁Mor ning ▁Jack et , ▁and ▁Con or ▁Ober st ▁and ▁Mike ▁M og is ▁of ▁Bright ▁E yes . ▁The ▁four ▁had ▁been ▁tour ing ▁and ▁playing ▁together ▁at ▁various ▁points ▁throughout ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 0 s ▁and ▁regularly ▁talked ▁of ▁making ▁an ▁album ▁together . ▁The ▁result , ▁the ▁e pon ym ous ▁Mon sters ▁of ▁Fol k , ▁was ▁released ▁in ▁September ▁ 2 0 0 9 . ▁Mon sters ▁of ▁Fol k ▁received ▁" gener ally ▁favor able ▁reviews " ▁with ▁an ▁aggregate ▁score ▁of ▁ 8 0 ▁out ▁of ▁ 1 0 0 ▁on ▁Met ac rit ic . ▁P refix ' s ▁Dave ▁Clark ▁said ▁of ▁the ▁super group ▁that ▁" The ▁players ▁on ▁Mon sters ▁of ▁Fol k ▁complement ▁each ▁other ▁extremely ▁well . ▁There ▁is ▁definitely ▁something ▁to ▁be ▁said ▁for ▁group ▁chem istry . ▁These ▁songs ▁don ' t ▁always ▁sh ine ▁the ▁way ▁they ▁could , ▁but ▁the ▁album ▁is ▁a ▁great ▁effort ." ▁Mon sters ▁of ▁Fol k ▁was ▁a ▁commercial ▁success , ▁pe aking ▁at ▁# 1 5 ▁on ▁Billboard ' s