Cassadaga＜初回生産限定盤＞

シンガー・ソングライターのコナー・オバーストtを中心とした音楽有機体、ブライト・アイズのニュー・アルバムが完成！今回もバンド自身が立ち上げたレーベル、Saddle Creekからのリリース。アコースティック・サウンドを中心としたカントリー、ケルティック、ブルースなど、彼ならではの味わい深いテイストが満載！

Spin - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Oberst's countryish genre studies have deepened with a very adult loneliness." Entertainment Weekly - "Musically, it's his richest album yet, full of Nashville twang and Branson brassiness. And lyrically, the itinerant-traveler conceit is intriguing..." -- Grade: B Rolling Stone - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[With] remarkable love songs....[Oberst] shows he can still tell us something by communing with himself." Alternative Press - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[With] ambitious string arrangements and swinging instrumentation that echo great '70s works by Joe Cocker and Elton John." Kerrang - "With sweeping string sections almost reminiscent of Smashing Pumpkins, psychedelic pop structures, political protest poetics and dusty country production....[His] most opulent work yet." Mojo - 4 stars out of 5 -- "CASSADAGA is an album to warm souls, rally minds and break hearts in equal measure." Q - 4 stars out of 5 -- "The strapping, clear-headed coherence of 'Four Winds' is echoed throughout the album....At long last his star is born." Q - Ranked #23 in Q's "The 50 Best Albums Of 2007" -- "Conor Oberst has made his most assured album to date..." Rolling Stone - Included in Rolling Stone's "50 Top Albums of the Year 2007" -- "Oberst's loose, memorable tunes and lyrics about crises both personal and global are consistently engaging..." CMJ - "[H]e offers some of the most polished country-folk of his 14-year career. His lyrical acuity is in tact..."

Conor Oberst's studio follow up to the two albums that he released simultaneously in January 2005 is steeped in the kind of rolling 70's country rock that graced the critically acclaimed 'I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning'. Long time Saddle Creek cohort Mike Mogus provides glossy production on a record that includes contributions from Ben Kweller, Gillian Welch, David Rawlings, John McEntire and M. Ward. The violin fuelled single, 'Four Winds' is featured.|

いまや全米を代表するアーティストとなった彼の新作。得意のカントリーはもちろん、緩やかなストリングスとコーラス隊の演出も見事なウォール・オブ・サウンドを聴かせたかと思えば、ポーグスばりにアイリッシュな要素を織り交ぜるなど今回も多彩な内容だ。いつになくポップな楽曲は、M・ウォードやジャネット・ウェイス（クワージ）ら気心の知れた仲間とのセッションから生まれたもの。〈サマソニ〉での来日が待ち遠しい!
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