The Soundtrack to My Movie

Folk · 1996 · 15 tracks

The Soundtrack to My Movie

Hissing cassette tapes and skeletal acoustic guitar. A teenage Conor Oberst captures the raw, unpolished ache of Midwestern isolation in fifteen fragile sketches.

1996

A fragile, unpolished sense of isolation that feels both lonely and deeply comforting.

Tracklist · 15 Tracks

01

In My Sights

2:13

02

The Halcyon

4:18

03

District 66

2:14

04

Floodlights

2:32

05

Your Tightrope

2:58

06

Oh, To Be Friends

1:06

07

Oh, Tired Eyes

3:26

08

Flying J

2:56

09

Great American Radio

3:03

10

Oh, Sweetest Heart

2:56

11

German Chocolate

2:42

12

Animal Prints

1:02

13

Another Night In

3:49

14

The Reason I Exist

3:06

15

Show Me How

3:32

Moments Worth Listening For

The audible click of the tape recorder starting before the first guitar strum

The way the vocals almost break during the hushed delivery of Oh, Tired Eyes

The sudden, jarring shift into the short, percussive burst of Animal Prints

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