Shiny Eyes
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Nik Freitas/Courtesy of the artist
Shiny Eyes
Nik Freitas/Courtesy of the artist
- “Bells and Whistles”
- “First Day of My Life”
- “El Capitan”
Sooner or later or one other, you’ve got in all probability been instructed to “imagine in your self.” It sounds so easy, proper? Simply imagine in your self! However it’s not all the time straightforward — even when you will have a lot of proof that claims you must.
Conor Oberst of Shiny Eyes has a ton of proof pointing to the truth that he is a good songwriter: a lifetime of writing music, an infinite again catalogue, and followers who dangle on his each phrase.
However, in at the moment’s session, you will hear Oberst speak about how when he finishes a tune, he is by no means actually certain if he’ll write one other one once more.
“After you end a venture, or a document, or a batch of songs, there’s all the time that bizarre doom and gloom in your thoughts the place you’re, like, ‘Oh, that may by no means occur once more. There are not any extra songs,’ ” he says.
Oberst additionally talks in regards to the issues that do get him writing, like collaborating with folks he admires. Plus, he talks about his new album with Shiny Eyes, referred to as 5 Cube, All Threes.
The stay performances you will hear at the moment had been recorded at a warm-up present that Shiny Eyes did again in September. Their tour was cancelled for the autumn, however has since restarted. We caught up with Oberst simply earlier than the band went again out on the street this winter.
This episode of World Cafe was produced and edited by Kimberly Junod. The online story was created by Miguel Perez. Our engineer is Chris Williams. Our programming and reserving coordinator is Chelsea Johnson and our line producer is Will Loftus.
