Conor Oberst, famed as the frontman for 'Bright Eyes', has released the first song from his new solo project 'Upside Down Mountain' (released on the 20th May).
The new song "Hundreds of Ways" has a strong country influence and within the first few seconds of the Johnny Cash influence is apparent and then as Oberst's distincitve vocals kick in the song is clearly not just an imitation of the great Cash's work. A song with intelligent and brilliant lyrics about disappointment and just making it through it all without sounding like a cry for help but rather a rational reasoning of life, with lines such as "Don't get so upset, the world was never fair" and "all my heroes, they're all talk" fitted perfectly with the 'country' inspired music and the back up vocals of First Aid Kit, which lifted the entire song to a whole new level.
This song will hopefully be the sign of even better things to come from Oberst in his new album, and if 20th May 2014 is too long for you to wait, an EP will be released for record store day on the 7th April 2014!
@jesskateborden
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