Conor Oberst - Salutations (March 17, 2017) Album

Conor revealed on Sirius XM that he has indeed recorded full-band versions of all of the songs from Ruminations in addition to seven other songs. All or some combination of these will be released on a new album, called Salutations, on March 17!

(Credit to this fine person on reddit who posted a link to the interview and song)

 

I loved Ruminations, so I'm excited for this even though I think the original arrangements were perfect for those songs.

 

Oh helllll yes! Ruminations is cool, but it was way too minimal for me, can't wait full band versions / new songs

 

I'm extremely excited that it seems like this rumor turned out to be true. Can't wait to hear these songs.

 

could the same album end up on my end of the year list 2 years in a row??

 

Hah, I had heard this news on that XM station over the weekend, but then when I went online to see the exact date (I had just remembered March) there was absolutely no mention of it anywhere. I thought I was insane. This should be great, liked Ruminations a lot and I'm down for a full band version.

 

Sweet

 

what a guy

 

Whoa! It's crazy that this was announced today. Just yesterday morning, I revisited Ruminations at my friend's recommendation. I really love the lyrics, but find the musical arrangements boring.......so it sounds like Salutations will be right up my alley.

 

YESSS! Conor's the man

EDIT: Info about the album on the Nonesuch website

 

Tracklist (from his facebook post):

1 Too Late to Fixate
2 Gossamer Thin
3 Overdue
4 Afterthought
5 Next Of Kin
6 Napalm
7 Mamah Borthwick (A Sketch)
8 Till St. Dymphna Kicks Us Out
9 Barbary Coast (Later)
10 Tachycardia
11 Empty Hotel by the Sea
12 Anytime Soon
13 Counting Sheep
14 Rain Follows the Plow
15 You All Loved Him Once
16 A Little Uncanny
17 Salutation

 

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

the artwork is amazing. really surprised that the tracklisting isn't just ruminations in order and then the new tracks, but glad its different. so excited for this.

 

Ruminations was one of my favourite albums of 2016, so I'm very excited for this.

 

it's amazing that all 10 are on there PLUS 7 more, crazy stuff

 

Good thing we have 3 threads on page 1 about this haha

 

Napalm is a fucking jam!

 

dope

 

What is the distinction between Bright Eyes and stuff just titled "Conor Oberst"? Curious


Also Ruminations is my favorite thing he's ever done outside of MOF

 

Bright Eyes also has Mike Mogis and Nate Walcott

 

I like the new tachycardia but the original was perfect.

 

I just opened up the LP presale at work and then got distracted for a few hours and now it says "out of stock." Did you guys buy all of them?

 

So happy his tour is coming to my hometown! Been wanting to see him live forever.