Bright Eyes
Noise Floor
Label: Saddle Creek
Release Date: October 24, 2006

It’s not just a Midwest thing, but growing up 2 hours east of Omaha certainly didn’t hamper our love affair with Conor Oberst and all things Saddle Creek. In fact, we’ve seen Bright Eyes three times, bought each album on CD and vinyl and endured Conor criticism like he was our favorite cousin.

Naturally, the latest outtakes CD — dubbed a “rarities disc” now that many of the 4-7 year-old castaway tracks are worth some cash on eBay – comes out this week, which makes us shrug our shoulders indifferently as we scamper off to the record shop to coolly purchase the album in three formats (we’ll deny it if pressed).

Favorites include “’Happy Birthday To Me,” “Blue Angels Air Show” and “Seashell Take” (with M.Ward). Here’s the tracklisting with historical album information for your eyerolling slash salivation pleasure:

“Mirrors and Fevers” (Don’t Be Frightened of Turning The Page EP - 2000)
“I Will Be Grateful for This Day” (Sub Pop Singles Club 7″ - 2001)
“Trees Get Wheeled Away” (Lost & Found, Volume 1 compilation - 2003)
“Drunk Kid Catholic” (”3 Hit Songs From Bright Eyes” UK single - 2003)
“Spent on Rainy Days” (Home Series on Post Parlo Records - 2002)
“The Vanishing Act” (”Too Much of a Good Thing” 7″ - 1999)
“Soon You Will Be Leaving Your Man” (”Motion Sickness” 7″ - 2000)
“Blue Angels Air Show” (DIW Magazine 7″ - 2002)
“Weather Reports” (Unreleased 7″ with M. Ward)
“Seashell Tale” (Unreleased 7″ with M. Ward)
“Bad Blood” (Album Leaf split 7″ - 2001)
“Amy in the White Coat” (Vinyl-only B-side on the No Beginning to the Story EP - 2002)
“Devil Town” (The Late Great Daniel Johnston compilation - 2004)
“I’ve Been Eating (For You)” (”3 New Hit Songs From Bright Eyes” - UK single - 2001)
“Happy Birthday to Me (Feb. 15)” (”3 New Hit Songs From Bright Eyes” - UK single - 001)
“Motion Sickness” (”Motion Sickness” 7″ - 2000)
“Act of Contrition” (Second Thoughts compilation - 2000) *
“Hungry for a Holiday” (Album Leaf split 7″ - 2001) *
“When the Curious Girl Realizes She Is Under Glass Again” (Sub Pop singles club 7″ - 2001) *
“Entry Way Song” (Amos House Vol. 2 compilation 2002) *
“It’s Cool, We Can Still Be Friends” (Transmission One: Tea At The Palaz of Hoon compilation - 2000) *

*Bonus tracks available on vinyl release