Basically, the more sophisticated and arranged version of "Ruminations"
#zot2017
Conor Oberst - Salutations (Nonesuch, March 17, 2017)
During a retreat in the winter in Omaha, Nebraska, after what had been a complete breakdown both psychologically and physically, and where spontaneously, almost unexpectedly, Conor Oberst had written the songs that would later give life to that beautiful yet "rustic" album "Ruminations" (recorded alongside only technician Ben Brodin in fourteen hours). Returning to social life, so to speak, last year Oberst wanted to literally "salute" this comeback with an album symbolically titled "Salutations" which ideally marks a separation from that negative phase of his existence, but which without renouncing it consists precisely of the re-presentation of the same songs (with some additions: "Too Late To Fixate," "Overdue," "Afterthought," "Napalm," "Empty Hotel by the Sea," "Anytime Soon," "Salutations") but in a different light and with recording sessions expanded to a considerable number of friends and collaborators (among these I would mention the more famous ones like M. Ward or Jonathan Wilson, James Felice...). The album as a whole isn’t too different from "Ruminations" and the judgment is clearly positive, even if the "original" versions remain, in my opinion, better and within a dimension that perhaps suits Oberst’s writing and style more, whom I personally continue to consider an author of great potential.
#brighteyes #conoroberst #indie
Conor Oberst - A Little Uncanny
#zot2017
Conor Oberst - Salutations (Nonesuch, March 17, 2017)
During a retreat in the winter in Omaha, Nebraska, after what had been a complete breakdown both psychologically and physically, and where spontaneously, almost unexpectedly, Conor Oberst had written the songs that would later give life to that beautiful yet "rustic" album "Ruminations" (recorded alongside only technician Ben Brodin in fourteen hours). Returning to social life, so to speak, last year Oberst wanted to literally "salute" this comeback with an album symbolically titled "Salutations" which ideally marks a separation from that negative phase of his existence, but which without renouncing it consists precisely of the re-presentation of the same songs (with some additions: "Too Late To Fixate," "Overdue," "Afterthought," "Napalm," "Empty Hotel by the Sea," "Anytime Soon," "Salutations") but in a different light and with recording sessions expanded to a considerable number of friends and collaborators (among these I would mention the more famous ones like M. Ward or Jonathan Wilson, James Felice...). The album as a whole isn’t too different from "Ruminations" and the judgment is clearly positive, even if the "original" versions remain, in my opinion, better and within a dimension that perhaps suits Oberst’s writing and style more, whom I personally continue to consider an author of great potential.
#brighteyes #conoroberst #indie
Conor Oberst - A Little Uncanny
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