LIFTED or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground — Bright Eyes

A sprawling, hyper-literate explosion of youthful anxiety and orchestral beauty.

Tracklist · 13 Tracks

The Big Picture

8:42

Method Acting

3:42

False Advertising

5:52

You Will. You? Will. You? Will. You? Will.

3:25

Lover I Don’t Have to Love

4:00

Bowl of Oranges

4:49

Don’t Know When but a Day Is Gonna Come

6:32

Nothing Gets Crossed Out

4:35

Make War

6:17

Waste of Paint

6:30

From a Balance Beam

3:40

Laura Laurent

4:57

Let’s Not Shit Ourselves (To Love and to Be Loved)

10:08

Moments Worth Listening For

the way the acoustic guitar gives way to a triumphant, messy brass section at the climax of track thirteen

the jarring sound of a car door closing and footsteps that lead into the opening track's sprawling narrative

the sudden shift from a sparse piano ballad to a driving, synth-heavy beat on lover i don't have to love

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Where This Album Departs

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This album stays in step with the catalogue across the board — no axis departs enough to be worth its own note. Hover the dots to see where each one sits.

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