Brilliant Eyes
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Nik Freitas/Courtesy of the artist
Brilliant Eyes
Nik Freitas/Courtesy of the artist
- “Bells and Whistles”
- “First Day of My Life”
- “El Capitan”
Sooner or later or one other, you have most likely been instructed to “consider in your self.” It sounds so easy, proper? Simply consider in your self! Nevertheless it’s not at all times straightforward — even when you’ve a number of proof that claims you need to.
Conor Oberst of Brilliant Eyes has a ton of proof pointing to the truth that he is a good songwriter: a lifetime of writing music, an infinite again catalogue, and followers who dangle on his each phrase.
However, in as we speak’s session, you will hear Oberst discuss how when he finishes a track, he is by no means actually certain if he’ll write one other one once more.
“After you end a venture, or a document, or a batch of songs, there’s at all times that bizarre doom and gloom in your thoughts the place you’re, like, ‘Oh, that may by no means occur once more. There are not any extra songs,’ ” he says.
Oberst additionally talks concerning the issues that do get him writing, like collaborating with folks he admires. Plus, he talks about his new album with Brilliant Eyes, known as 5 Cube, All Threes.
The dwell performances you will hear as we speak had been recorded at a warm-up present that Brilliant Eyes did again in September. Their tour was cancelled for the autumn, however has since restarted. We caught up with Oberst simply earlier than the band went again out on the street this winter.
This episode of World Cafe was produced and edited by Kimberly Junod. The net story was created by Miguel Perez. Our engineer is Chris Williams. Our programming and reserving coordinator is Chelsea Johnson and our line producer is Will Loftus.
