One of the things that struck Oberst as he and the band went through twenty-plus years of music is that he may in fact have been writing the same song this whole time. Not sonically, of course, but conceptually. This last wave contains, in Noise Floor, early Bright Eyes songs so raw Oberst never even released them back in the day, as well as, in Cassadaga and The People’s Key, the band’s most polished and sophisticated albums. When Bright Eyes toured Cassadega they performed an epic 7 sold-out nights at NYC’s Town Hall. What’s more grown-up rock-star than that? And yet …“Thematically those early songs are not that different than the songs I make now,” Oberst says, shaking his head. “There’s something affirming and disheartening about it. It’s like, have I really changed or grown? But maybe it’s just that I knew what I wanted to write about from the beginning.”
credits
released June 16, 2023
Conor Oberst | Vocal, acoustic and electric guitar, harmonica, omnichord, drums
Mike Mogis | electric guitar, acoustic guitar, pedal steel, Dobro, mandolin, banjo, bass
Nathaniel Walcott | piano, Hammond and Wurlitzer organs, electric piano, mellotron, synthesizers, harpsichord, trumpet, orchestral arrangement (Soon You Will be Leaving Your Man)
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I just started listening to this album today and am IN LOVE! Every track is perfect.
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