Bright Eyes - Down In The Weeds, Where The World Once Was (CD)

Bright Eyes - Down In The Weeds, Where The World Once Was (CD) Bright EyesÙ tenth studio album and first release since 2011, ØDown in the Weeds, Where the World Once WasÙ is an enormous record caught in the profound in-between of grief and clarity - one arm wrestling its demons, the other gripping the hand of love, in spite of it. The end of Bright EyesÙ unofficial hiatus came naturally. Conor Oberst pitched the idea of getting the band back together during a 2017 Christmas party at Bright Eyes bandmate Nathaniel WalcottÙs Los Angeles home. The two huddled in the bathroom and called Mike Mogis, who was Christmas shopping at an Omaha mall. Mogis immediately said yes. There was no specific catalyst for the trio, aside from finding comfort amidst a decade of brutal change. The resulting Bright Eyes album came together unlike any other of its predecessors. ØDown in the Weeds, Where the World Once WasÙ is Bright EyesÙ most collaborative, stemming from only one demo and written in stints in Omaha and in bits and pieces in WalcottÙs Los Angeles home. Radically altering a writing process 25 years into a project seems daunting but Oberst said there was no trepidation: ÜOur history and our friendship, and my trust level with them, is so complete and deep. And I wanted it to feel as much like a threeheaded monster as possible.Ý ØDown in the Weeds, Where the World Once WasÙ is a distillation of a prolific, enduring canon. ItÙs immediate and urgent, the product of its creatorsÙ growth across a decade apart, as well as the need to make a record together to find solace from loss. Through deliberate, fearless experimentation in process, the trio made the truest Bright Eyes sound: the sound of a deep bond, of a band coming home but also a seamless continuation, like Bright Eyes never went away. ItÙs the impossible, sprawling mess of human experience that Bright Eyes has always sought to put to tape, since the beginning - the sound of holding on. TRACKLISTING 1. Pageturners Rag 2. Dance and Sing 3. Just once in the World 4. Mariana Trench 5. One and Done 6. Pan and Broom 7. Stairwell Song 8. Persona Non Grata 9. Tilt-A-Whirl 10. Hot Car in the Sun 11. Forced Convalescence 12. To DeathÙs Heart (In 13. Three Parts) 14. Calais to Dover 15. Comet Song