“On every Bright Eyes record, there's some kind of sound collage that begins it. Some of them have dialogue, some don't. I like it because it can kind of slow down the attention span a bit. It's a way to draw you in to the rest of the record.”

American singer-songwriter

Conor Mullen Oberst is an American singer-songwriter best known for his work with Bright Eyes. He has also performed in several other bands, including Desaparecidos, the Faint, Commander Venus, Park Ave., Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band, Monsters of Folk, and Better Oblivion Community Center. Oberst was named Rolling Stone magazine's Best Songwriter of 2008. His work is associated with songwriting across a range of indie and collaborative projects, rather than a single group alone.