Conor Oberst has been working on the new Bright Eyes album in New York; Portland, Oregon; and his new home studio in Omaha, Nebraska, with a band that consists of Saddle Creek producer/multi-instrumentalist Mike Mogis and musician/arranger Nate Walcott. He said that he hopes to have all the recording finished by November, and that the album should be in stores by March or April.
“So far, the songs reflect all the things we’re into: The folky, storytelling aspect of the music, the psychedelic studio vibe and the rock we all grew up doing,” he said. “We have a lot of ideas. I write songs and Mike is great at setting up microphones to get specific sounds, and Nate is a great piano player and a great trumpet player, and he writes and arranges string parts, too. I bought a new house and we’re building the studio there, to finish the record. Mike and I have connecting houses, with the studio in between. It’s like a compound.”
Unlike last year’s double-barreled releases I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning and Digital Ash in a Digital Urn, the new Bright Eyes LP is shaping up to be a single-disc affair, which will be preceded by an EP featuring “at least” one song from the new album. There’s also an all-star group of guest musicians lined up for the album, including Sleater-Kinney drummer Janet Weiss, fellow folkie M. Ward and My Morning Jacket frontman Jim James.
Source mtv.com.
