Ruminations, by Conor Oberst

Ruminations

by Conor Oberst

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Hal 4 years later and this album snuck up on me. Conor's best work in over a decade, with all the great lyricism to match. Each song has a sense of loneliness that I found so fascinating.

Or maybe I'm just a sucker for a harmonica. Favorite track: Mamah Borthwick (A Sketch).

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1.	Tachycardia 03:39	buy track
2.	Barbary Coast (Later) 04:12	buy track
3.	Gossamer Thin 03:35	buy track
4.	Counting Sheep 03:27	buy track
5.	Mamah Borthwick (A Sketch) 03:56	buy track
6.	The Rain Follows the Plow 03:28	buy track
7.	A Little Uncanny 04:12	buy track
8.	Next of Kin 03:26	buy track
9.	You All Loved Him Once 03:49	buy track
10.	Till St. Dymphna Kicks Us Out 04:12	buy track

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In the winter of 2016, Conor Oberst found himself hibernating in his hometown of Omaha after living in New York City for more than a decade. He emerged with the unexpectedly raw, unadorned solo album Ruminations. Oberst went to ARC, the studio he built with his Bright Eyes bandmate and friend Mike Mogis, and, with the help of engineer Ben Brodin, recorded all the songs within 48 hours. The results are almost sketch-like in their sparseness: Oberst alone with his guitar, piano, and harmonica; the songs connect with some of the rough magic and anxious poetry that first brought him to the attention of the world, while their lyrical complexity and concerns make it obvious they could only have been written in the present.

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released October 14, 2016

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