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Conor Oberst, aka Bright Eyes, has a reputation for being wordy, but the 14-word title of his fifth album sure takes the cake. This fresh-faced Nebraskan songwriter, you see, is keen to prove he is one of a kind. While his Bright Eyes project clearly follows in the vague lineage of leftfield rock nom de plums like Palace Brothers or Smog, where tho
Conor Oberst, aka Bright Eyes, has a reputation for being wordy, but the 14-word title of his fifth album sure takes the cake. This fresh-faced Nebraskan songwriter, you see, is keen to prove he is one of a kind. While his Bright Eyes project clearly follows in the vague lineage of leftfield rock nom de plums like Palace Brothers or Smog, where those outfits possess a kind of mystic elusiveness, Oberst has made a career of pouring forth words like a god-fearing adolescent at his first confessional. The Story Is in the Soil... is often wilfully scrappy: with studio conversations and the sound of whirring tape reels left in, often, it appears there's no such thing as an out-take in Bright Eyes' swollen musical vocabulary. But Oberst undoubtedly possesses a rare and raw talent. Straining his vocal chords like a precocious youngster mock-flexing his muscles, he tears through a canon of staggeringly deft musical arrangements that constantly veer from joyful marching anthems ("From a Balance Beam") to desolate lullabies (`False Advertising'), dragging you powerfully in their wake. It's hard to digest it all in one sitting, but if you're into indie-rock and you've not experienced Bright Eyes in full, tearful flow, you're surely missing something. --Louis Pattison
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