Electricity: Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band

Genre : Indie,Rock,Folk FINALLY!!
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Tracklist

01. Slowly / Oh So Slowly
02. To All the Lights in the Windows
03. Big Black Nothing
04. Air Mattress
05. Cabbage Town
06. Ten Women
07. Difference Is Time
08. Nikorette
09. White Shoes
10. Bloodline
11. Spoiled
12. Worldwide
13. Roosevelt Room
14. Eagle on a Pole
15. I Got the Reason
16. Snake Hill

While Conor Oberst continues to stay away from the Bright Eyes moniker, he's not exactly solo on Outer South . Mystic Valley Band members Jason Boesel, Nik Frietas and Taylor Hollingsworth join Oberst on the new album, and they are not just a backing band the way they were on his solo debut last year. All four guys wrote songs for this record and, if it is anything like their recent live shows, Oberst will take a backseat while the Mystic Valley fellas sing a track or two.

With 16 songs on the record, it only seems fair that Oberst wouldn't get to sing all of them. Hell, those guys play the loose country rock band pretty well behind him, and they let him explore his ramblin' cowboy side, so a little space on the new album seems like a good way to pay those boys back. Besides, if this turns out to be another great album under his own name, people might start scratching theirs heads before too long, saying something like, "Bright Eyes who?" ~ Matthew Fiander