BRIGHT EYES "DOWN IN THE WEEDS" 2LP SECRETLY SOCIETY VINYL (2020, DEAD OCEANS)
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BRIGHT EYES "DOWN IN THE WEEDS" 2LP SECRETLY SOCIETY VINYL (2020, DEAD OCEANS)
2LP (1 FIRE BURST RED/1 CLEAR WITH ETCHING ON SIDE D) VERY LIMITED VERSION
As a title, as a thesis, Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was functions on a global, apocalyptic level of anxiety that looms throughout the record. But on a personal level, it speaks to rooting around in the dirt of one’s memories, trying to find the preciousness that’s overgrown and unrecognizable. For Conor Oberst, coming back to Bright Eyes was a bit of that. A symbol of simpler times, vaguely nostalgic. And even though it wasn’t actually possible to go back to the way things were, even though there wasn’t an easy happy ending, there was a new reality left to work with.
Aside from the surprising rhythm section made up of the fierce musicianship of Jon Theodore (Mars Volta, Queens of the Stone Age, One Day as a Lion) and the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Flea, the compositions expand the expectation of what Bright Eyes’ sound is.
