take your slide guitar and fly

basically it goes like this: there is only one genre of music i completely dislike.

this genre is country.

that being a preface, im not really enjoying the new bright eyes album, cassadaga. in fact, i dont like it. connor might be a good poet/songwriter, but he is no Bob Dylan and he can climb down off his high horse. he tries way too hard these days at sounding nasally, emotional, and profound. but only the first gets done.

i was at a concert last year with my sister at sokal underground and i distinctly remember this indie kid standing in front of me with this girl that he kept leaning into her ear and whispering things. they looked like they hated the music. their bodies were not moving. i wished they would leave. my sister pointed out a bit later that it was him, connor oberst, and his girlfriend maria taylor. go figure. but the part that was really obnoxious was when at the last song connor ran to the front, got on stage, and starting singing along with the band... full of energy and motion. oh please.

we walked out.

so i find this on the saddle creek website:

Once tagged "rock's boy genius" by the music press, Conor Oberst turned 27 on February 15th and even without that in mind it's hard to listen to Cassadaga without hearing a newfound sophistication to the Bright Eyes sound. Producer, multi-instrumentalist and permanent band member Mike Mogis has crafted a swirling, euphonious record, at times bursting with bombastic confidence and country swagger, and at others loose-limbed and mesmeric.

swirling, euphonious...at times bursting with bombastic confidence eh? oh please.

im walking out.
and am going to go listen to some mates of state.
thats where the real joy is.