‘Hot Knives’ is the latest track to be lifted from Bright eyes top 15 charting current album ‘Cassagada’. A lot of people seem to rate this band extremely highly, however to me Bright Eyes have always been one of the most over rated bands going. There is never any substance to their music, the lyrics are always nonsense, and the voice of Conor Oberst grates on me no end. Oberst has a horrible whiny drawl which comes across dreadfully over the prosaic instrumental backdrop here, and with lyrics such as ‘So let us rejoice in all this pink noise’, I fail to see how anyone could ever possibly see this man as a talented lyricist. It is clear that the lyrics endeavour to be intelligent, but really when dissected are meaningless expressions of nothing at all.
Label: Polydor
Release Date: 9th July 2007
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UK based film graduate with a huge passion for music, sports and video games.
