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Dec 18, 2013Categorically not your ordinary Christmas album, and one to check out now if you missed it the first time.
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Dec 5, 2013A Christmas Album captures the essence of any early Bright Eyes album whilst putting a new twist on festive favourites.
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Dec 5, 2013If you somehow like everything about early Bright Eyes’ music except for the lyrics, it’ll be your favorite record of theirs. If, more likely, you’re a hardcore fan that was somehow unaware of its existence or didn’t shell out for the 180g white vinyl in 2009, it equally balances Yuletide memories with nostalgia for a time when Saddle Creek’s roster was still operating as a vibrant, and prolific artistic community.
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Dec 30, 2013Recorded with friends in Conor Oberst’s house, it has a nice, homely ambience which allows the imaginative arrangements to work their understated charm.
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Dec 9, 2013Like 99% of all other Christmas albums, this will be mostly redundant come 27th December, but if you’re looking for a rather glum festive alternative to the usual Christmas fare, it’s worth checking out.
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Dec 5, 2013This is a conventional theme LP rather than a document providing a great deal of insight into Bright Eyes’ musical development.
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Dec 5, 2013What follows is a sort of half-comforting, half-sad jamboree with Oberst and a small army of friends at his house playing through Christmas standards.
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Dec 12, 2013Oberst's whimsy now just sounds trite.