It had the hookiness but it was way more musical and creative." "I came back to the studio a couple of hours later and Michael had played that part and it was way better than what I was trying to put across. It doesn't really come across, but we did! Conor Oberst We actually did listen to a lot of Thin Lizzy while making this record. I heard something in my head and I very poorly mouthed it to Mike, like, 'You know, like bnana bnana!' I was just picturing some kind of - and it sounds ridiculous to reference - hooky '90s Third Eye Blind radio thing that would be repetitive. What are your favorite guitar moments on Down In The Weeds…?Ĭonor: "One of the ones I really like is on To Death's Heart - that sort of tapping solo thing. We spent some time mulling the impact of Flea and Theodore, Fano guitars and the proprietary secrets of Mike’s magic boxes… It’s their most rock-centric record for a while. It’s all given added bombast by the addition of an unusual choice of rhythm section, made up of none other than Flea and Queens Of The Stone Age drummer, Jon Theodore (the duo behind Mars Volta’s debut). It’s a harder, rockier, more spacious form of Bright Eyes, but still has that endearing sense of catharsis.
Now their return in 2020, Down In The Weeds, Where The World Once Was, feels appropriately timed.
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