Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was
LP12 Vinil (Dead Oceans)
Available from 21/08/2020
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A lone pair of footsteps meanders down a street in Omaha, into the neighborhood bar and
then into a near-imperceptible tangle of conversations - about wars, sleepless nights - a
surrealist din pushing against the sound of ragtime. Then, as the background quiets, a line
rings out clearly: "I think about how much people need - what they need right now is to
feel like there's something to look forward to. We have to hold on. We have to hold on."
Thus we enter the fitting, cacophonic introduction to Bright Eyes' tenth studio album and
first release since 2011.
Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was is an enormous record caught in the
profound in-between of grief and clarity - one arm wrestling its demons, the other gripping
the hand of love, in spite of it. The end of Bright Eyes' unofficial hiatus came naturally.
Conor Oberst pitched the idea of getting the band back together during a 2017 Christmas
party at Bright Eyes bandmate Nathaniel Walcott's Los Angeles home. The two huddled in
the bathroom and called Mike Mogis, who was Christmas shopping at an Omaha mall.
Mogis immediately said yes. There was no specific catalyst for the trio, aside from finding
comfort amidst a decade of brutal change. Sure, Why now? is the question, but for a
project whose friendship is at the core, it was simply Why not? The resulting Bright Eyes
album came together unlike any other of its predecessors. Down in the Weeds is Bright
Eyes' most collaborative, stemming from only one demo and written in stints in Omaha
and in bits and pieces in Walcott's Los Angeles home. Radically altering a writing process
25 years into a project seems daunting, but Oberst said there was no trepidation: "Our
history and our friendship, and my trust level with them, is so complete and deep. And I
wanted it to feel as much like a three-headed monster as possible." 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. … It's the impossible, sprawling mess of human experience that Bright
Eyes has always sought to put to tape, since the beginning - the sound of holding on. Why
now? Why not?
TRACKLISTING: 01. PAGETURNERS RAG 02. DANCE AND SING 03. JUST ONCE
IN THE WORLD 04. MARIANA TRENCH 05. ONE AND DONE 06. PAN AND BROOM
07. STAIRWELL SONG 08. PERSONA NON GRATA 09. TILT-A-WHIRL 10. HOT
CAR IN THE SUN DISC #2: 01. FORCED CONVALESCENCE 02. TO DEATH'S
HEART (IN THREE PARTS) 03. CALAIS TO DOVER 04. COMET SONG
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