Despite yesterday's post, not even selling out can defer me from good music. I opened my inbox this morning to Bright Eyes new single, Tourist Trap and it’s been on repeat since. I was really torn the last year and a half with Digital Ash and I'm Wide Awake. To me Fevers and Mirrors and Lifted have yet to be surpassed. I feel that Connor's recent dappling with fame and added addictions led to not being able to meld his musical intrigues together. I've tried, but Digital Ash can only take me so far without pushing the eject button in my car. I'm Wide Awake its Morning is a different story. I think it might be missing some of the haunting melodies that the other albums have but it’s still an amazing piece of work. My obsession with music that contains synthesizers can only last so long and its time for a change. And just in time Connor comes along. Tourist Trap is definitely a melodic Yee-ha, with his typical lyrical grandeur. I think that this single is a brilliant prelude into the upcoming EP and hopefully an even better introduction to Cassadaga, which will arrive April 10th. Bright Eyes is going on a preliminary tour before the release and will be playing in Los Angeles in March. The last time Bright Eyes came through he was only playing Digital Ash tracks so I chose not to go but this time I will definitely be at The El Rey with stirrups on.
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