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’ve got most likely been informed to “consider in your self.” It sounds so easy, proper? Simply consider in your self! Nevertheless it’s not all the time simple — even when you have got a number of proof that claims you must.
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 hold on his each phrase.
However, in right now’s session, you may hear Oberst speak about how when he finishes a tune, he is by no means actually positive if he’ll write one other one once more.
“After you end a venture, or a report, or a batch of songs, there may be all the time 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 in regards to the issues that do get him writing, like collaborating with folks he admires. Plus, he talks about his new album with Brilliant Eyes, referred to as 5 Cube, All Threes.
The reside performances you may hear right now 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 online 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.
