Bright Eyes' Every Day and Every Night EP establishes Conor Oberst as a teenage genius.
The Omaha native explores themes as distant as love and divorce and as oblique as the meaning of youth with an unexpected amount of maturity.
Oberst's showcase is "A Perfect Sonnet," a brilliant piece involving his voice and an acoustic guitar.
Midway through the song, drums and other guitars appear, pushing Oberst's voice to a level of intensity not heard since Hüsker Dü's "Girl Who Lives on Heaven Hill." The breathtaking vocal croaks, cries, and moans on a single syllable.
The cuts on Every Day and Every Night could pass as Okie folk songs or lo-fi indie rock; his songwriting and tone is that good.
The pedal steels during "On My Way to Work" feel just as genuine as the looped beats in "Neely O'Hara." What is most impressive about Oberst and his Bright Eyes project is how he manages to tackle so many issues, so many styles, and so many emotions, yet each feels as meaningful and honest as the last.
Simply put, the best singer/songwriter record in ten years.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Line Allows Progress, A Circle Does NotConor Oberst | Bright Eyes | Play | 03:25 | 7 MB | 23 MB |
| 2 | A Perfect SonnetConor Oberst | Bright Eyes | Play | 03:41 | 8 MB | 24 MB |
| 3 | On My Way to WorkConor Oberst | Bright Eyes | Play | 04:10 | 9 MB | 24 MB |
| 4 | A New ArrangementConor Oberst | Bright Eyes | Play | 05:13 | 11 MB | 31 MB |
| 5 | Neely O'HaraConor Oberst | Bright Eyes | Play | 06:22 | 14 MB | 38 MB |
| 22 mins | 52 MB | |||||
| 22 mins | 141 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eric Bemberger | Guitar (Electric) |
| 2 | Bright Eyes | Primary Artist |
| 3 | Tim Kasher | Vocals (Background) |
| 4 | Joe Knapp | Drums, Percussion, Vocals |
| 5 | Matt Maginn | Bass, Guitar (Bass) |
| 6 | A.J. Mogis | Assistant Engineer, Engineer, Loops, Piano |
| 7 | Mike Mogis | Engineer, Keyboards, Organ, Pedal Steel, Percussion, Vibraphone |
| 8 | Zack Nipper | Art Direction |
| 9 | Conor Oberst | Bass, Composer, Guitar, Keyboards, Sampling, Vocals |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |