The People's Key

-I wrote the following about a week ago from 12:30-1:30 at night.-

Now this could be my lack of sleep speaking, but the new Bright Eyes album is one of the best things I've heard in awhile. Throughout my experience listening to The People's Key my face had trouble deciding whether to smile or frown or smirk or show surprise or anything. So my mouth went up and down, my eyebrows lifting and lowering themselves, cheek muscles tight from smiling. I'm laughing and I don't know why, and its wonderful!

So far as Bright Eyes albums go, The People's Key is a bit of a departure from their usual blue-grass Americana feel. This time its rock, its...dare-I-say..dancey at times? Just a little bit, but its there. And Conor Oberst is at top form as a songwriter; the imagery of the lyrics is dark, fantastical, whimsical, it kind of floats into your ears. If you ignore the slightly creepy guy at the intros and outros of just a few songs, the album is a wicked ride indeed.

-results to listening to this album may vary, keep in mind I've been short on good regular sleep lately, and overworked with school, but other than that, it is a pretty great album, give it a listen when you can.-