{"id":638992,"date":"2024-09-20T20:58:38","date_gmt":"2024-09-20T17:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/conor-oberst-bets-on-himself\/"},"modified":"2024-09-20T20:58:38","modified_gmt":"2024-09-20T17:58:38","slug":"conor-oberst-bets-on-himself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/conor-oberst-bets-on-himself\/","title":{"rendered":"#Conor Oberst bets on himself"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content_blocks\">\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<style>\n<p> article.custom .custom-title, article.custom .custom-media .caption {\n   color: ;\n }<\/p>\n<p> article.custom .custom-attribution, article.custom .custom-attribution a {\n   color: ;\n }<\/p>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-264326\" class=\"content_block flush title center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"custom-title\">\n      Conor Oberst bets on himself\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"custom-description\">\n      The Bright Eyes frontman outspokenly rejects his band\u2019s mainstream reputation with <i>Five Dice, All Threes<\/i>.\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"custom-attribution\">\n<div class=\"author\">\n    <span><br \/>\n      By <span class=\"credit_name\">Sandra Song<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"custom-media\">\n<div class=\"triple_gutter_left triple_gutter_right image center_align\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Rainbow_Overpass_1_uaq8xh\/bright-eyes-conor-oberst-interview.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Rainbow_Overpass_1_uaq8xh\/bright-eyes-conor-oberst-interview.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Rainbow_Overpass_1_uaq8xh\/bright-eyes-conor-oberst-interview.jpg 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1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Rainbow_Overpass_1_uaq8xh\/bright-eyes-conor-oberst-interview.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Rainbow_Overpass_1_uaq8xh\/bright-eyes-conor-oberst-interview.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"Conor Oberst bets on himself\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><\/p>\n<p>      Nik Freitas<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"custom_share_buttons_top \" style=\"\">\n<div id=\"new_socials_bottom\" class=\"new_socials_footer  \">\n<p>      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefader.com\/assets\/FDR_SocialSharing_Facebook-747312c39722d47504a80f02500b8d4ad2e36acf922bad1c83799db1bc77f605.png\"><br \/>\n      <!-- <span>Share<\/span> --><\/p>\n<p>  <a rel=\"nofollow 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     <!-- <span>Snap<\/span> --><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-264318\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            <span class=\"lead-text\">There are two ways to look at <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>s of chance<\/span>, both of which are naive in their own way. The first is completely innocent, fueled by the optimism that comes with feeling lucky; the second is a desperate hope, based on the false assumption that a certain outcome becomes more likely if it has occurred less than expected. The latter is the \u201cgambler\u2019s fallacy,\u201d the unrealistic belief that everything in life must be fair and fifty-fifty, that balance and equality are universal and, therefore, the scales will eventually tip in your favor.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-264319\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            The next time Bright Eyes blow on their dice, say a prayer, and hope for <i>Five Dice, All Threes<\/i>, there\u2019s a 1 out of 7,776 chance it\u2019ll hit. But judging from the way Conor Oberst talks about the likelihood of satisfying critics and fans with their tenth studio album, it\u2019s abundantly clear that he\u2019s never been playing the same game as everyone else. He\u2019s been \u201cmaking shit that upsets everyone\u201d for the last couple of decades, after all, and it\u2019s not like he\u2019s hoping it\u2019ll change now.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>            \u201cBut it\u2019s kind of a badge of honor,\u201d the 44-year-old says with a rueful smile. \u201cI don&#8217;t say this very often, but I am proud of my band for always making different shit, when some bands find a formula and just roll with it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>            It\u2019s a humdrum L.A. afternoon, and we&#8217;re drinking hard kombuchas on the porch of Oberst\u2019s house. Hidden behind a deep thicket of towering oak, palm, and eucalyptus trees, we\u2019re shielded from the smog-orange sun and the chaos of a city where it&#8217;s always rush hour. The only smoke is coming from our cigarettes, which quickly accumulate in a sizable glass ashtray. Oberst, however, always makes sure to have a stockpile of slow-burning American Spirit handy. His willingness to share an entire stack of bright yellow boxes, three packs wide and five packs tall, feels like Midwestern hospitality at its finest.<\/p>\n<p>            \u201cDon&#8217;t get me wrong, it&#8217;s great to sell records, and it&#8217;s great to make money, but that&#8217;s truly not why we do it,\u201d the Omaha native says on behalf of himself and longtime bandmates Mike Mogis and Nate Walcott.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>            \u201cWe probably lost a lot of opportunities to be more rich or more famous, but I don\u2019t regret it,\u201d he adds. Oberst grabs a fresh pack of cigarettes from the pile before stating that he sees Bright Eyes as \u201cjust a cool band that makes cool, weird shit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>            \u201cAnd some people get it, some people don&#8217;t,\u201d he continues over the crinkle of torn cellophane, \u201cbut I can&#8217;t spend my time thinking about how to please people.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-264329\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left embed\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\">\n    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bright Eyes - Bells and Whistles (Official Video)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vsIUAxmRLZ8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-264320\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            Their new album, <i>Five Dice, All Threes<\/i>, is \u201cstraightforward,\u201d with simpler instrumentation and big hooks that \u201cmake it feel like it&#8217;s kind of fun.\u201d It\u2019s the stuff he liked listening to as a teenager, when he was making his own music in the basement with his dad\u2019s reel-to-reel tape recorder. The songs are \u201cshort and catchy, at least by our standards,\u201d he says, name-checking The Replacements as a big inspiration.<\/p>\n<p>            \u201cAnd there&#8217;s not\u2026\u201d Oberst catches himself mid-sentence. \u201cWell, there\u2019s a little bit but, I guess, it\u2019s not as fucking psychotic as our other records.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>            In many ways, it\u2019s the complete opposite of Bright Eyes\u2019 last release, <i>Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was<\/i>, a sweeping orchestral production that marked the end of the band\u2019s nine-year hiatus in 2020. A grandiose, almost cinematic record with well-rounded instrumentation and thoughtful arrangements, Oberst rolls his eyes while describing the \u201cgiant 14-piece band that took three buses and a fucking semi-truck\u201d to tour. It was a complicated setup, he says, before joking that while <i>Down in the Weeds<\/i> was a democracy, <i>Five Dice<\/i> is an Oberst-run autocracy.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-264321\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            Oberst didn\u2019t have any actual plans to record a new record until The So So Glos\u2019 Alex Orange Drink stayed at his house last winter. While the D.I.Y. punk stalwart was there, the old friends would spend hours playing informal jam sessions with their guitars on his porch, where the two wrote what would eventually become <i>Five Dice, All Threes\u2019<\/i> first two singles, \u201cRainbow Overpass\u201d and \u201cBells &amp; Whistles.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>            Five months and many <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a>s to Omaha later, the self-produced <i>Five Dice, All Threes<\/i> was completed in Mogis\u2019 studio with the help of <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#EEEEEE\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/alexorangedrink\/?hl=en\">Orange Drink<\/a>, who co-wrote and provided vocals for seven of the album\u2019s 13 tracks. Oberst is all smiles while praising Orange Drink\u2019s ability to create undeniably catchy hooks and melodies out of simple chords. It\u2019s a talent he says solidifies The So So Glos frontman\u2019s place \u201cin sort of a lineage of cool shit,&#8221; who can write scr<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>y tracks that channel the energy of a snotty Stiv Bators or a <i>Sorry Ma<\/i> basement cut.<\/p>\n<p>            \u201cWe\u2019ve been doing it the same way since we were fucking kids,\u201d he says while lighting another cigarette. He smirks, \u201cWe just don\u2019t listen to anybody.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>            Oberst isn\u2019t fronting when he says that either. Between \u201cBells &amp; Whistles\u2019\u201d sunny melody and the gritty garage punk energy of \u201cRainbow Overpass,\u201d <i>Five Dice<\/i> is a record propelled by energy, nostalgia, and texture. It features Cat Power\u2019s soulful voice on the jazz-inflected \u201cAll Threes\u201d and The National\u2019s Matt Berninger, whose well-known baritone becomes unrecognizable after being rewound, warped, and slowed down on \u201cThe Time I Have Left.\u201d For the most part, though, Mogis keeps the production tricks to a minimum, with Oberst explaining that the band wanted to keep it as close to a live recording as possible. Akin the early days, when he was still the \u201cboy in a basement with a four-track machine \/ Who\u2019s been strumming and screaming all night down there\u201d from <i>Letting Off the Happiness<\/i>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>            <i>Five Dice, All Threes<\/i> comes off like an homage to some of Bright Eyes\u2019 earliest recordings. It\u2019s a raw, unpolished D.I.Y. record that\u2019s best enjoyed through the tinny speakers of a cheap record player, with an honesty enhanced by the artifacts an expensive sound system would scrub away. It\u2019s simple and unpretentious, gruff and rough around the edges, but its imperfections make it feel like a more intimate experience. It\u2019s a record stripped of any overcomplicated language or flourish, leaving behind just the simple, barefaced truth.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-264327\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left image\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/BE_Arcade_Fish_6_FINAL_Nik_Freitas_1_lc9sfr\/bright-eyes-conor-oberst-interview.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/BE_Arcade_Fish_6_FINAL_Nik_Freitas_1_lc9sfr\/bright-eyes-conor-oberst-interview.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/BE_Arcade_Fish_6_FINAL_Nik_Freitas_1_lc9sfr\/bright-eyes-conor-oberst-interview.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/BE_Arcade_Fish_6_FINAL_Nik_Freitas_1_lc9sfr\/bright-eyes-conor-oberst-interview.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/BE_Arcade_Fish_6_FINAL_Nik_Freitas_1_lc9sfr\/bright-eyes-conor-oberst-interview.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/BE_Arcade_Fish_6_FINAL_Nik_Freitas_1_lc9sfr\/bright-eyes-conor-oberst-interview.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/BE_Arcade_Fish_6_FINAL_Nik_Freitas_1_lc9sfr\/bright-eyes-conor-oberst-interview.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/BE_Arcade_Fish_6_FINAL_Nik_Freitas_1_lc9sfr\/bright-eyes-conor-oberst-interview.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/BE_Arcade_Fish_6_FINAL_Nik_Freitas_1_lc9sfr\/bright-eyes-conor-oberst-interview.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/BE_Arcade_Fish_6_FINAL_Nik_Freitas_1_lc9sfr\/bright-eyes-conor-oberst-interview.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/BE_Arcade_Fish_6_FINAL_Nik_Freitas_1_lc9sfr\/bright-eyes-conor-oberst-interview.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"Conor Oberst bets on himself\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><\/p>\n<p>      Nik Freitas<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-264322\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            <span class=\"lead-text\">There\u2019s something very earnest and unburdened<\/span> about the way Oberst recalls his first few years of high school, when he started to hang around his older brother Justin\u2019s upstart indie label, Saddle Creek Records. He\u2019d just started high school and didn\u2019t have a driver\u2019s license, but he\u2019d already released his own tape and was starting projects with friends like Todd Fink of The Faintand Cursive\u2019s Tim Kasher, who was the co-founder of Oberst\u2019s fairly successful punk band, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#EEEEEE\" href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nmkab5WqvIMQh9G3T28en_WV_jpKUXHcI&amp;si=MLgbHg9EJm0CX9ST\">Commander Venus<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>            In the background of all this was Bright Eyes, an eclectic and unvarnished solo project where Oberst freely experimented with sound collage, pop-adjacent songwriting, and pensive lyricism, often letting his voice strain beneath the weight of its own emotion. The stakes were low, and he wasn\u2019t at the point where most people were betting on him. Instead, the people around him still treated music as a means of expression \u2014 an act of messy experimentation coming out of the basements of Omaha in the early \u201990s.<\/p>\n<p>            The year after Commander Venus broke up, a 15-year-old Oberst released his first Bright Eyes album, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#EEEEEE\" href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kvWaZuP5YYAgRP8qWj4oyhbAxLbUP0NFA&amp;si=CoDh2iRxbo40VaBM\"><i>A Collection of Songs Written Between 1995-1997<\/i><\/a>, an unrefined, Mogis-produced bundle of 20 songs spanning genres, moods, and feels. Against the crackly, bedroom production, there\u2019s the intense strumming and promising songwriting of \u201cThe Awful Sweetness of Escaping Sweat,\u201d the chaos of chimes and a D.I.Y. drumstick countdown on \u201cI Watched You Taking Off,\u201d and the long-forgotten movie he recorded on a dictaphone for \u201cDriving Fast Through a Big City at Night.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>            <i>A Collection of Songs<\/i> caught the attention of the Elephant 6 collective in Athens, Georgia, where bands like The Olivia Tremor Control, of Montreal, and Neutral Milk Hotel were creating anti-corporate pop using sound collaging and tape manipulations. In 1999, Bright Eyes released <i><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#EEEEEE\" href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_klcoxP-uJE2UjMUCI9ssmkdM7wjtJ7lIo&amp;si=QkjShXj57tvbI9A6\">Letting Off the Happiness<\/a><\/i>, which was one of the last times Oberst would play with a straight-up D.I.Y. punk aesthetic outside of his <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#EEEEEE\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ug87YqmSVsM\">Desaparecidos<\/a> side project. If you listen carefully, songs like \u201cThe City Has Sex\u201d shares a similar aesthetic and attitude with \u201cRainbow Overpass\u201d \u2014 punchy, existential, and honest.<\/p>\n<p>            Most Bright Eyes fans typically enter their most beloved era with a holy trinity of records that remain cult favorites to this day. In 2000, the band debuted their third studio record, <i>Fevers and Mirrors<\/i>, the first of three albums that would set a certain musical expectation among fans. Bright Eyes and Conor Oberst started to become synonyms for melancholic Americana indie folk, a connection that only continued to solidify with 2002\u2019s <i>Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground<\/i> \u2014 and culminated in 2005&#8217;s <i>I\u2019m Wide Awake, It\u2019s Morning<\/i> and its breakout hit, \u201cFirst Day of My Life,\u201d a love song that\u2019s been covered by Mac Miller, interpolated by Young Thug, and co-opted by wedding planners around the country.<\/p>\n<p>            \u201cEvery quote-unquote hit, or song, or anything that&#8217;s ever been attractive to the mainstream amount of people has been just a complete fluke\u2026,\u201d Oberst trails off, just shy of name-checking the track.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>            His face is hard to read in that moment, but from other parts of our conversation, he clearly has mixed feelings about a song that may have \u201cmade us so much fucking money, and, realistically, fame,\u201d but has also arguably overshadowed the rest of his career.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-264337\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left embed\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\">\n    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Falling Out of Love At This Volume\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LK1JniicDUM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-264342\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            At last, Oberst finally appears to settle on an expression of irked disgust. To even briefly entertain the idea of having \u201cto make a fucking quote-unquote Americana record for the rest of our fucking lives\u201d makes him look unfathomably miserable. Or perhaps it\u2019s being constantly reminded of this bizarre mass misunderstanding of what his band actually is; how mystifying it is to know that people\u2019s perception of Bright Eyes is based on a song that\u2019s probably the least representative of their actual body of work, because \u201cour band is like way more fucked up and weird than that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>            \u201cAnd if anybody actually listens to our catalog\u2026,\u201d Oberst stops again to let out a frustrated sigh, \u201cthey\u2019ll know that im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>            After the release of <i>I\u2019m Wide Awake, It\u2019s Morning<\/i>, Oberst learned the hard way that nothing would satisfy his fans or critics, even <i>Digital Ash in a Digital Urn<\/i>, the catchy, synth and sample-filled record released on the same day. Following this was Bright Eyes\u2019 acclaimed live album <i>Motion Sickness<\/i> and then <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#EEEEEE\" href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lRbXvxIxrW5bdpDgThBQEZbCc6mbJIqlQ&amp;si=y-8K01h1wf4pnuXL\"><i>Noise Floor (Rarities: 1998-2005)<\/i><\/a>. Despite both acting as showcases of some of his most visceral songwriting \u2014 most notably the helpless devastation of \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#EEEEEE\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sIQVJbOELDQ\">Amy in the White Coat<\/a>\u201d \u2014 and the latter being modeled after Oberst\u2019s first release, both were met with little fanfare.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-264323\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            In Oberst\u2019s case, he talks about just wanting \u201cto put this thing out into the world,\u201d and then seeing that \u201cthe world doesn&#8217;t even understand it or care about it, and this has happened to me multiple times.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>            \u201cAnd five years later, all of a sudden people are like, \u2018Oh, my God, that was such an amazing album,\u2019 and it&#8217;s just like, \u2018Yeah, but where were you when the album came out?\u2019\u201d He lights another cigarette, takes a deep drag, and slowly exhales a plume of hot white smoke. \u201cBecause it seemed like there was no one fucking there. It seemed like no one cared.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>            At this point, I feel like I have to directly ask whether the negativity played a role in wanting to step away for a second. He starts and stops his answer a few times, trying to think of how to phrase his response before saying, \u201cYeah, but I got\u2026\u201d Again, he trails off, taking a moment to think.<\/p>\n<p>            \u201cI was already doing solo stuff, but I kind of got to a point where I was \u2014 and I hate to even use this word because it&#8217;s so fucking stupid \u2014 but there was such a brand of what \u2018Bright Eyes\u2019 was meant to be,\u201d Oberst says. \u201cIt wasn&#8217;t so much that I wanted to get away from Mike and Nate, it&#8217;s just like I wanted to get away from myself. I wanted to get away from Bright Eyes. I wanted to get away from the band and do my own shit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>            There\u2019s arguably some truth in what he\u2019s saying. After all, his solo releases like <i>Ruminations<\/i> were met with excitement and still routinely praised, as are several songs from his other band, Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band, and his past project with Phoebe Bridgers, Better Oblivion Community Center.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>            He takes a deep breath. \u201cSo I did that for a long time, and then, at some point, it felt right to come back, because they&#8217;re some of my best friends. So it&#8217;s like, \u2018Okay, let&#8217;s do this again.\u2019\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-264330\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left embed\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\">\n    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bright Eyes - Rainbow Overpass (Official Video)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ahveZUbrvHo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-264341\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            Then came the years of open disparagement from fans, who would begrudgingly listen and uniformly criticize 2007\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#EEEEEE\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/qzwoZsD3MUs?si=ad0pGVGU3ynWAVSo\"><i>Cassadaga<\/i><\/a> \u2014 named after a town of psychics in Florida \u2014 with a catchy, rollicking Americana single called \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#EEEEEE\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/XaV-nGQ5yqw?si=WwUgoqU0sKT1gmxC\">Four Winds<\/a>,\u201d and a set of dreamy, starry-eyed songs that started a major shift in opinion. Four years down the road, Bright Eyes would release one more album before their nine-year silence, 2011\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#EEEEEE\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/jwu71jyySeA?si=N1TArpRYmH6f9WiH\"><i>The People\u2019s Key<\/i><\/a>, a warm, spiritual record that was panned by a now-hardcore fanbase upon its release.<\/p>\n<p>            Bright Eyes fans have a habit of refusing to acknowledge any newer albums that diverge from this perception, so much so that there\u2019s \u201ca running joke\u201d between Oberst and his longtime bandmates Walcott and Mogis that \u201cevery time we put out a record, everyone&#8217;s gonna hate this and, in five years, these people come up and say they love that record.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>            \u201cIt\u2019s like a delayed effect, and it&#8217;s like, \u2018Well, I kind of wish you would have felt that way when we made the actual record,\u2019\u201d Oberst says after I bring up a recent Reddit poll that named 2011\u2019s <i>The People\u2019s Key<\/i> the \u201cmost underrated\u201d Bright Eyes album. He seems genuinely surprised, recalling how much \u201cpeople fucking hated that record,\u201d even though he thought \u201cpeople were going to be stoked\u201d that they were making a record that \u201cwas going to be like The Killers or The Beatles.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>            \u201cI was like, \u2018Wow, we just did it, and no one gave a shit. Like, no one fucking cared. No one bought it,\u2019\u201d Oberst says. \u201cI mean, people come to the shows because, like, they want to hear our old songs. So we don&#8217;t have problems selling tickets, but records, we definitely have problems.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-264336\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left embed\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\">\n    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bright Eyes - Four Winds [Official Music Video]\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XaV-nGQ5yqw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-264324\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            Oberst tries to keep a straight face but seems a little despondent, recalling the disappointing and, frankly, disturbingly vitriolic reception to their work after <i>I\u2019m Wide Awake, It\u2019s Morning<\/i>. Despite famously singing that \u201cI do not read the reviews \/ No I am not singing for you\u201d on <i>Lifted\u2019s<\/i> final track, \u201cLet\u2019s Not Shit Ourselves,\u201d there\u2019s always a point of critical mass where it does start to take a deep emotional toll.<\/p>\n<p>            Still, the response to the first two <i>Five Dice, All Threes<\/i> singles were far from positive in some quarters. On the dedicated Bright Eyes subreddit, a vocal faction of listeners directed an alarming amount of vitriol towards Orange Drink in the lead-up to the release. While most fans have come around to the fact that a lot of Bright Eyes can only be belatedly appreciated, <i>Five Dice, All Threes<\/i> was still prematurely criticized as \u201ccheesy\u201d and a \u201cregression,\u201d with one particularly egregious concern troll selfishly fretting, \u201cI do worry that there\u2019s a certain level of pain Conor doesn&#8217;t want to access anymore.\u201d But for Oberst, the worst has been the unfair claims leveled against Orange Drink, who&#8217;s been accused of influencing him into recording a \u201ccheaply inspired\u201d album with \u201csome mid-punk dude,\u201d \u201criding on CO\u2019s coattails and infiltrating the band.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>            Hearing this, Oberst begins to get emotional. He\u2019s understandably furious and deeply upset, underscoring the fact that Orange Drink was \u201cright there\u201d with him. He\u2019s the \u201cbeautiful kind soul\u201d at the heart of <i>Five Dice, All Threes<\/i>, the one who was always encouraging Oberst \u201cto finish this song.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>            \u201cThe only reason this record even exists is because, in some crazy coincidence, he ended up staying here, and we ended up writing these songs,\u201d he says, \u201cand then I was like, \u2018Oh, I can write songs again.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>            His eyes begin to well up. \u201cThey&#8217;ll never know him, but he&#8217;s like such a kind, beautiful soul like\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>            Oberst is visibly confused, hurt, and angry. He leans towards my iPhone, which has been recording our conversation, and raises his voice to address the commenters, \u201cGo fucking listen to <i>Blowout<\/i>, one of the best records ever fucking made. They\u2019re like America\u2019s fucking answer to the fucking Clash.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>            \u201cAnd if you don&#8217;t know who The Clash is, then fuck you.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-264328\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left image\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/BE_Outside_1_FINAL_Nik_Freitas_hhhsfb\/bright-eyes-conor-oberst-interview.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/BE_Outside_1_FINAL_Nik_Freitas_hhhsfb\/bright-eyes-conor-oberst-interview.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/BE_Outside_1_FINAL_Nik_Freitas_hhhsfb\/bright-eyes-conor-oberst-interview.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/BE_Outside_1_FINAL_Nik_Freitas_hhhsfb\/bright-eyes-conor-oberst-interview.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/BE_Outside_1_FINAL_Nik_Freitas_hhhsfb\/bright-eyes-conor-oberst-interview.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/BE_Outside_1_FINAL_Nik_Freitas_hhhsfb\/bright-eyes-conor-oberst-interview.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/BE_Outside_1_FINAL_Nik_Freitas_hhhsfb\/bright-eyes-conor-oberst-interview.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/BE_Outside_1_FINAL_Nik_Freitas_hhhsfb\/bright-eyes-conor-oberst-interview.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/BE_Outside_1_FINAL_Nik_Freitas_hhhsfb\/bright-eyes-conor-oberst-interview.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/BE_Outside_1_FINAL_Nik_Freitas_hhhsfb\/bright-eyes-conor-oberst-interview.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/BE_Outside_1_FINAL_Nik_Freitas_hhhsfb\/bright-eyes-conor-oberst-interview.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"Conor Oberst bets on himself\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><\/p>\n<p>      Nik Freitas<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-264325\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            <span class=\"lead-text\">Nostalgia is a powerful drug<\/span>, and Oberst has always been able to speak to the complex feelings of bitterness and alienation inherent to adolescence. Even at its darkest, the past holds a strange comfort, which you can feel within his descriptions of the most mundane and ordinary of experiences. Everyone has a memory of a whining refrigerator, looking down at their shoes, or sitting alone in a diner, and an understanding Oberst is able to take you there. You aren\u2019t alone in feeling these ugly and messy emotions, but you have to face them in the hopes that you\u2019ll eventually be able to let them go.<\/p>\n<p>            To this day, he has the rare gift of being able to write lyrics that can grow alongside you. Even after decades of listening, I can still find something incredibly personal and profound in even his oldest work. Whether it\u2019s some alternate interpretation of a metaphor or a more mature perspective on a turn of phrase, there\u2019s always an unrealized truth or tidbit of unexpected wisdom.<\/p>\n<p>            He still has an uncanny talent for accurately describing the human condition while remaining grounded in reality, which would make anyone inherently pessimistic. But these moments also appear to be coming from a willingness to evolve and grow; to be honest and open and free; to not spend too much time chasing a temporary dream when the answer may be right in front of you.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>            When I tell him why I connect to his songwriting, Oberst does the \u201caw shucks\u201d routine and tells me I\u2019m \u201cjust buttering his bread.\u201d But I stand by what I say, telling him that I\u2019ve followed Bright Eyes as they\u2019ve grown and evolved over time and have a particular soft spot for those first two releases; that I appreciate <i>Five Dice, All Threes<\/i> for its ability to help me revisit my own angry and selfishly naive past from a more mature perspective. There are moments on the album that exude pettiness, resentment, and contain the kind of blatant \u201cfuck yous\u201d that will undoubtedly cause a stir. But in a world where \u201cauthenticity\u201d is considered cultural currency and the commodification of vulnerability has become trendy, Oberst is ready to do something else: whatever he wants to do.<\/p>\n<p>            At 44, Oberst seems to have less patience for self-pity and morbid songs that straddle the line between shattering and shocking, especially when he\u2019s refined his songwriting into something even more universal and resonant through the use of fewer words and more direct storytelling. In some ways, <i>Five Dice, All Threes<\/i> feels like a moment of catharsis and revelation, where Oberst realizes that shit\u2019s unfair and sometimes we get fucked over, but we all eventually end up in the same places and positions. And sometimes, it takes some reflection upon those formative years, the ones where you were slowly crafting your identity for the first time and, now, having a second chance to fix those accidental flaws by giving your younger self the advice you\u2019ve accumulated from experience.<\/p>\n<p>            We all share the same predetermined fate, and it\u2019s not about playing games, house advantages, and shallow hopes. As a realist, Oberst has learned it\u2019s all rigged, that luck is an illusion, money isn\u2019t real, and all we can do is be kind to each other during the ride. Because by the time you do manage to hit that improbable <i>Five Dice, All Threes<\/i>, you\u2019ll realize you\u2019ve missed out on the actual things that make life worth living: true love and pure happiness.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-264331\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left embed\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\">\n    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bright Eyes - All Threes (feat. Cat Power) [Official Video]\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TowwbFaP0Uc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-264339\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            Oberst has been nothing but warm, honest, and funny this entire time. He unironically stans reggae rockers and fellow Omahans 311, makes fun of his 2004 cover for <i>The FADER<\/i>, and doesn\u2019t care for the internet, to the point where I have to ruin his day by informing him of Andrew Tate\u2019s existence. And he\u2019s the first to make a self-deprecating joke about his \u201cirrelevance\u201d or just white guys in <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> (\u201cThere\u2019s a lot to make fun of in that department\u201d).<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>            But what\u2019s surreal is that he\u2019s just as interested in my story as I am in his. The moment that\u2019s stayed on the front of my mind since our talk on the porch was the way he halts the conversation after I make a glib remark about finally being in love.<\/p>\n<p>            \u201cWhy would you say that?\u201d Oberst says. He\u2019s looking me dead in the eye, not with judgment, but genuine confusion. \u201cI mean, would you describe yourself as happy right now?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>            \u201cI think being happy is something to celebrate and being with a person that loves you, that makes you feel good, and safe, and taken care of, is the best thing ever,\u201d Oberst says.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>            I think he realizes I\u2019m deflecting, too embarrassed to say something that\u2019ll make me seem vulnerable or corny. Oberst looks a little sad but doesn\u2019t press. <\/p>\n<p>            \u201cDon\u2019t shit on your own happiness,\u201d he says. \u201cReal love is rare.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n    <span><br \/>\n      By <span class=\"credit_name\">Sandra Song<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/span><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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By Sandra Song Nik Freitas There are two ways to look at games of chance, both of which are naive in their own way. 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