Cassadaga

..Bright Eyes - Cassadaga..Conor Oberst (c) and the Bright Eyes on stage (image source: isolation.tv)Darn it. I'm 14 months late. This album was released on April 2007. Well, it's definitely not easy to keep track every single updates when you have close to 500 bands in collection. Out of curiosity, I googled the term 'Cassadaga' and found out that it is actually a native American word meaning "Wa

Tracklist 1. Clairaudients (Kill Or Be Killed) 2. Four Winds 3. If The Brakeman Turns My Way 4. Hot Knives 5. Make A Plan To Love Me 6. Soul Singer In A Session Band 7. Classic Cars 8. Middleman 9.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Cassadaga--overtly mature in both lyrical content and musical complexity--marks Bright Eyes’ evolution into a more diverse, less Oberst-oriented band, which is something that’s been waiting to happen for the better part of the decade. The songs here are more musically rich, from the fiddles on the barnyard theme “Four Winds” to the heavy percussions in “Soul Singer in a Session Band.”

Conor Oberst, the front man for Bright Eyes, is a divisive figure in the world of music. For some, he is the poster boy for everything wrong with the emo "movement" with his dark attire, shaggy hair obscuring his eyes, and songs of depression couple...