First Listen: Bright Eyes, 'The People's Key' streaming

I Don't care what anyone says, Conor Oberst is a musical genius. Anyone who has not experienced his music has not experienced true, beautiful music.

Fuck. I want to give Conor Oberst a massive hug. What a genius.

Pretty good, it's nice to see a change from Bright Eyes normal stuff. That said, I'm one of those that likes pretty much anything Oberst does.

Bright Eyes: great albums, terrible openings.

Man, I preordered this a long time ago and I'll be getting the 320 MP3s on Tuesday. I REALLY want to wait until then to really sit down and enjoy the album.. but fuck it's hard when all I'd have to do is hit play.

I'm really liking this album, great stuff

Ohh man, you just made my day..

So I've listened to this 3 times since it leaked...and I think it's growing on me. It's very much like Cassadaga for me in that I love the last half of the album but could sort of pass on the poppy first half. The second half is like the lost 'digital ash' tracks a little bit..but with still the flavor of Cassadaga and plenty of new elements.

There isn't exactly a standout track for me to latch onto yet which is odd (cassadaga it was lime tree, wide awake has several, digital ash has several) but I'm sure they'll appear. The last track definitely brings a tear to my eye...he likes to end with a relatively hopeful song..except in the case of lime tree. Beginner's mind and Approximated sunlight are probably my favorites otherwise though.