Bright Eyes - Noise Floor: Rarities 1998-2005 '2006

Tracks list

 A collection of singles, one-offs, unreleased tracks, collaborations, and
covers recorded between 1998 and 2005. Variously recorded to cassette
four-track, mini-disc, reel-to-reel tape machine, ADAT and computer, these songs
trace Bright Eyes evolution from basement project to band of international
repute. Many of these gems previously lost to out-of-print obscurity are hereby
resurrected.

Ive got no self control, Conor Oberst sings on Spent on Rainy Days, one of the
16 rough-hewn tracks on this collection of Bright Eyes demos, unreleased tracks,
and general bric-a-brac. As the young songwriter demonstrated with his wildly
divergent 2005 releases, Im Wide Awake, Its Morning (good) and Digital Ash in a
Digital Urn (er, not so much), hes extremely prolific, but that doesnt
necessarily mean he should release everything he records. Accordingly, Noise
Floor presents a mixed bag that will enthrall hardcore Conorites but leave
others frequently reaching for the skip button in search of only the sharpest
material--slow-burning ballads such Soon You Will Be Leaving Your Man, Weather
Reports, and the echo-laden Bad Blood. --Aidin Vaziri 
:: TRACKLIST ::

1 Mirrors And Fevers 3:01
2 I Will Be Grateful For This Day 4:19
3 Trees Get Wheeled Away 4:09
4 Drunk Kid Catholic 3:10
5 Spent On Rainy Days 2:06
6 The Vanishing Act 3:08
7 Soon You Will Be Leaving Your Man 5:12
8 Blue Angels Air Show 3:11
9 Weather Reports 3:02
10 Seashell Tale 3:27
11 Bad Blood 4:40
12 Amy In The White Coat 5:25
13 Devil Town 3:03
14 Ive Been Eating (For You) 2:55
15 Happy Birthday To Me (Feb. 15) 3:50
16 Motion Sickness 6:20

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