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Conor Oberst will release the results of an unplanned recording stint in his hometown of Omaha on October 14th.
“I wasn’t expecting to write a record,” the Bright Eyes man says of ‘Ruminations‘. “I honestly wasn’t expecting to do much of anything. Winter in Omaha can have a paralyzing effect on a person but in this case it worked in my favor. I was just staying up late every night playing piano and watching the snow pile up outside the window.”
“Next thing I knew I had burned through all the firewood in the garage and had more than enough songs for a record. I recorded them quick to get them down but then it just felt right to leave them alone.”
Select songs from the album will be aired during a run of solo shows later this year, which include shows at Carnegie Hall and the Ryman Auditorium.