Arc of Time
I just stumbled across Bright Eyes' 2005 album Digital Ash In A Digital Urn again. I had much preferred the countryish sound of I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning (having Emmylou Harris guest didn't hurt) to the drum machines & synthesizer of Digital Ash (the two albums were released on the same day).
After revisiting the album, my opinion really hasn't changed one bit- Conor Oberst and drum machines just don't mesh well. I certainly don't fault him for wanting to veer away from the lo-fi, folky, acoustic sound, but the heavy synth stuff and choppy drum machine beats just don't work for me. Except on Arc of Time (Time Code). This one's a keeper.
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