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Digital Ash In a Digital Urn

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Probably the best album ever

It's a strong statement, to call any album "the best ever", but Digital Ash in a Digital Urn is worthy of such boldness. It may take a while to take hold of you, but when it does it will not let go. Gold Mine Gutted, Arc Of Time, Take it Easy, I believe in Symmetry and Light Pollution are worth the admission fee alone - seriously, those five songs by themselves have the lasting value of any album you could care to name... Then you throw in Easy/Lucky/Free - a gut-punching, tour-de-force of song-writing that draws the album to a close; truly the best song Conor Oberst has ever produced, and that is no small statement - and you start to realise that what you're listening to here is truly something special.

The rest of the album holds up well - there really isn't any filler here, although the aforementioned tracks are undoubtedly the standouts... Digital Ash is resultantly, arguably, the most underrated album of all time - completely overlooked due to being released at the same time as "Wide Awake" and being somewhat less instantly accessible... But for me, it completely exceeds it.

Please buy this album and let it wrap itself around you, it is a genuine masterpiece and deserves an awful lot more attention.

Beautiful

what can i say? although modernistic and electronic, and the total opposite of (another of my favourite ever albums of all time) 'I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning', 'Digital Ash In a Digital Urn' is a beautiful album that will stay with me forever. 'Easy/Lucky/free' alone should make you wanna buy this album right now. Play it over and over!

A work of genius

I can't believe that more people haven't reviewed this album.

Quite simply this is perfection!

The polar opposite to it's folky sister album I'm Wide Awake..., Digital Ash's electronica bristles with energy, suffused with a momentum that belies the deep sense of meloncholia that Conor presents.

It is this depth of emotion that stays with you; songs about alcholism, bereavement, regret, paranoia, the rejection of an afterlife or the dangers of technology are not light themes, however these are countered by an unshakeable optimism, Conor shows us the human spirit, providing us a comfort blanket for the harsh realities of life. Listen to Easy/Lucky/Free for a case in point.

Of course these things are all down to taste and music is always highly subjuective, however this album is probably my favourite of all time, it has certainly left a mark on my subconscious (for the better), which very few have done.

I'd highly suggest a purchase of this album, the rewards may far outweigh those which the £8 price tag suggest.

Biography

Formed: 15 February 1980 in Omaha, NE

Genre: Alternative

Years Active: '90s, '00s, '10s

Although many musicians joined the band's rotating lineup, Bright Eyes was primarily the songwriting vehicle of Conor Oberst, a quivery-voiced Nebraska native who first attracted attention in 1994 — when he was only 14 years old — as the singer and guitarist for Commander Venus. Oberst proved to be a prolific musician, joining multiple bands (including Commander Venus, the Magentas, Park Ave., and Desaparecidos) while also co-founding Saddle Creek, an influential label that helped broadcast...
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