Conor Oberst - Ruminations (October 14 2016) Album • Page 3

Just realizing ive never even listened to Upside Down Mountain. I love the self-titled album.

 

lets do this, forgot about it too

 

Upside Down is so great, First Aid Kit sing on like, 5 songs? It's crazy awesoem

 

Im going to listen to it today. I cant believe i never got around to it.

 

less than a month away with no song release. kinda weird.

 

It's so great! I think I listened to it pretty much daily for months after it came out haha. A lot of beautiful lyricism.

 

I didn't like it at first but it has some of his best songs i think. artifact #1 is gorgeous the way that guitar swells at the end.

 

Manufacturing error on the Bright Eyes box set killed me earlier this week. I hope this is GOOD.

 

Why haven't we got the first single yet?

 

what happened with it?

 

No idea. I just saw a Saddle Creek post about how there was some "manufacturing error" with the vinyl so it was bumped to October 20th instead of September 16th.

 

You basically should expect delays for vinyl these days, hah

 

Yup got the same email. Sucks about the box set delay. There are pics/videos of all the records though, so it must be the physical production that is causing the delay.

 

What record are you going to put on first?

 

Hmmm. Probably Cassadaga. Only because it's been a long time since I've listened to it.

 

I almost bought the box set. But I already own the previous box set, and every album after it on vinyl haha.

 

His last solo album felt like the end of a line for me. This cover art looks like he's going in almost a Tom Waits direction.

 

Normally I wouldn't spend that kind of money on a box set. However, for some reason I didn't own any Bright Eyes records so this was a perfect time. Plus, I got for $109 shipped, which is a whole hell of a lot better than $150 + shipping.

 

from what I've read, this is probably going to be the most stripped back release of his

 

It's an acoustic album...

 

yeah, and so are countless other albums (Yellowcard, The Used, Unwriten Law, TBS, SOTY, I could go on) that are acoustic but not extremely stripped back and sparse.

What I've read makes me guess it'll be super minimal too

 

The songs will probably sound a lot like the recording of White Shoes. Very raw.

 

He just doesn't have a record that is primarily acoustically driven. So yes, I would agree that it will be his most stripped down.

 

He recorded it in a span of 48 hours with only guitar, piano, and harmonica. So, minimal for sure.