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A Collection of Songs Written and Recorded 1995–1997
Folk · 1998 · 20 tracks

A Collection of Songs Written and Recorded 1995–1997

A fragile document of teenage isolation recorded to four-track tape. Brutally honest, unpolished, and vibrating with the nervous energy of a young Conor Oberst.

January 1998 · Dead Oceans

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A raw, unshielded transmission of adolescent loneliness and midwestern winter isolation.

Tracklist · 20 Tracks
01
The Invisible Gardener
2:26
02
Patient Hope in New Snow
4:09
03
Saturday as Usual
3:40
04
Falling Out of Love at This Volume
2:19
05
Exaltation on a Cool Kitchen Floor
2:29
06
The Awful Sweetness of Escaping Sweat
4:07
07
Puella quam amo est pulchra
3:13
08
Driving Fast Through a Big City at Night
2:13
09
How Many Lights Do You See?
3:34
10
I Watched You Taking Off
3:59
11
A Celebration Upon Completion
4:17
12
Emily, Sing Something Sweet
3:03
13
All of the Truth
3:46
14
One Straw (Please)
2:51
15
Lila
2:53
16
A Few Minutes on Friday
4:10
17
Supriya
2:31
18
Solid Jackson
4:33
19
Feb. 15th
4:08
20
The ‘Feel Good’ Revolution
3:31
Moments Worth Listening For
The jarring, distorted vocal peak in 'Falling Out of Love at This Volume' where the lo-fi fidelity hits its breaking point.
The quiet, desperate repetition of 'sing something sweet' in 'Emily, Sing Something Sweet' that feels uncomfortably private.
The way the tape hiss becomes its own instrument during the sparse opening of 'Patient Hope in New Snow'.

How does A Collection of Songs Written and Recorded 1995–1997 sound next to the rest of Bright Eyes's catalogue?

Lo Fi+1.7σ

The production is pushed notably harder into lo fi than this artist usually allows.

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