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Conor Oberst
“CONOR OBERST”
RATING: 4 EXCLAMATION POINTS
This return to Conor Oberst’s solo billing doesn’t signal a radical reinvention. The name tag and most of the support team (bassist Macey Taylor, guitarist Nik Freitas and Rilo Kiley drummer Jason Boesel are the core band) are different on “Conor Oberst,” but the record mingles folk rock, country, pop and rootsy rock to land not too far from Bright Eyes’ broad turf. In its spontaneity and simplicity, the album comes off as Bright Eyes after hours, but while the musical ambitions are scaled back, it’s not slight or a throwaway in any sense.
