Cassadaga
Featuring the slickest production of any Bright Eyes album to date, Cassadaga is a logical continuation of Conor Oberst's country-rock evolution.
In early 2005, Bright Eyes simultaneously released the falteringly experimental electro-pop disc Digital Ash In A Digital Urn and the fluid, accomplished folk-rock record I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning. This year, the big Bright Eyes release is Cassadaga, a polished, mellow-and-melancholy statement about exhaustion,…
Even the angrier, more polemical moments on Cassadaga are too rooted in allegory to energize the listener.
Bright Eyes - Cassadaga review: Shock alert! Conor Oberst has crafted a stunning country-rock album that may well convert even long-time haters into admirers!