Music, Style & Culture
| Magazine : Online : Radio : Mobile

Conor Oberst To Retire Bright Eyes?

Saddle Creek boss expects next album under moniker to be the last.

Posted 24th July 2009, 1:18pm in News, by Stephen Ackroyd
Conor Oberst In an interview with the Obama World-Herald, Saddle Creek president Robb Nansel has revealed that he believes Conor Oberst will retire his Bright Eyes moniker.

“My guess, based on what he's expressed to me, is that there will be one more Bright Eyes record and that will probably be it,” Nansel said. “I think that's his line of thinking at this point — closing the chapter on that moniker. I think he feels like Bright Eyes has a certain association, for better or worse. I think he's trying to distance himself a little bit from what that means to people.”

He went on to claim that Oberst will return to the studio soon, with a new, final Bright Eyes album possibly this Autumn. Before that comes the Monsters Of Folk project, also featuring Iron & Wine, m. Ward and Jim James, with a record due on September 22nd.

Comments