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Title: Great CD If Given a Few Listens
Review: I have just discovered Bright Eyes, having first been introduced through the simultaneously released "I'm Wide Awake It's Morning". This work is entirely different, and equally excellent. I admit I had to give it more listens before the songs really grew on me (except for "Take It Easy (Love Nothing)"--this one was love at first listen!). It's a mix of rock and synth-rock, somewhat dark, with many instrumental layers. After a few listens, the melodies are stuck in my head, especially after going to see Bright Eyes live, promoting this CD. It's refreshing to hear intelligent, poetic and symbolic lyrics after a few decades' drought. Then it was all clear--Conor Oberst is a genius, musically and lyrically. The CD is somewhat of an experiment, but not too far away from some of his older work, and it works very well if you listen a few times.
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