expressing the band's signature paradox: creating songs that easily find a home on any playlist – or car radio
late-80s pressings (notwithstanding a long-gone
Beam’s ability to invite you in with his hushed singing tone and knack for a melody remained front and center even in his drive to replicate something in the vein of Waits’ Swordfishtormbones
An American soul vocal group that would go on to shape the sound of pop music much farther beyond their imaginations
Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning (CD) JUL21 expressing the band's signature paradox:CD, Reissue Dead Oceans (2022) US The first three are innocent in a way, because we didn't have an audience when we were making them," Oberst says. "But from Lifted on, I was definitely aware of an audience. Lifted was well received right away, and then everything happened with Wide Awake and Digital Ash." Those two albums came out simultaneously. And their lead singles "Take It Easy (Love Nothing)," from the austere, remote Digital Ash, and "Lua,"