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Title: Oh, Conor!
Review: Although a lot of people don't care for Conor Oberst personally, I think he's an amazing lyricist and have been following him in Omaha since the beginning. "Digital Ash" was such a disappointment! Not even this die-hard Bright Eyes fan was on board. I've given the album more than a fair chance, and although I like some of the lyrics, the music and arrangements are a far cry from anything Bright Eyes has done before and ends up sounding, as others have said, rather amateurish.Worse, though, was seeing these songs played in concert earlier this month. Oberst followed The Faint, which really rocked the crowd, and then songs from "Digital Ash" brought everyone down, causing many people to leave early. He only played one song not from the CD, and a lot of people were hoping to hear a few from "I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning." Given that the audience was mostly from his home town, the mass exodus served as a fair review. Buy another CD instead of this one--"Lifted" if you don't have it.
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