Call him pretentious, call him sensitive, call him what you will, but there\'s no denying the fact that Conor Oberst is a talented and intelligent songwriter. Actually, it\'s probably more correct to say that Bright Eyes are a group of talented and intelligent songwriters, because it\'s the pedal steel, the clamorous percussion, the orchestral arrangements, the thick background vocals that add to the songs in Cassadaga -- the band\'s fullest and most developed record to date -- almost as much as the lead singer\'s own wobbly voice and sharp lyrics. Because the album is, like all of Bright Eyes albums, very much about the words. Its not a depressing or even overly serious album. Rather, its finding what you can, be it a geographic location or a mind state, when and how you can, amid the incomprehensible world around you; its Americana, full of folky acoustic guitars and dobro and dissent and yet, still, a kind of hopeful optimism that can\'t hide itself completely under the strings, clarinets, and cynical irony.
Source: CD
Released: 2007
Label: Saddle Creek Records
Genre: Rock
Style: Indie
Quality: FLAC
Tracks:
1. Clairaudients (Kill or Be Killed)
2. Four Winds
3. If The Brakeman Turns My Way
4. Hot Knives
5. Make A Plan To Love Me
6. Soul Singer In A Session Band
7. Classic Cars
8. Middleman
9. Cleanse Song
10. No One Would Riot For Less
11. Coat Check Dream Song
12. I Must Belong Somewhere
13. Lime Tree