Conor Oberst recently stopped by the NPR offices while on tour with special guests Dawes, to perform a Tiny Desk Concert featuring four songs off Oberst's new album, Upside Down Mountain. "Conor Oberst's new album has fast become my favorite of the Bright Eyes singer's solo projects," says host Bob Boilen, "so having him come to NPR and perform a few of these songs at the Tiny Desk was especially exciting. The new music on Upside Down Mountain contains the sort of personal songwriting that got me loving him in the first place." Watch it here.
Conor Oberst, whose new album, Upside Down Mountain, was released last month on Nonesuch Records, stopped by the NPR offices in Washington, DC, while on tour with special guests Dawes, to perform a Tiny Desk Concert. For the intimate set, shot at the desk of All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen, Oberst and Dawes band mates and brothers Taylor and Griffin Goldsmith perform four songs off the new album: "Time Forgot," "Double Life," "Zigzagging Toward the Light," and "Artifact #1."
"Conor Oberst's new album has fast become my favorite of the Bright Eyes singer's solo projects," says Boilen, "so having him come to NPR and perform a few of these songs at the Tiny Desk was especially exciting. The new music on Upside Down Mountain contains the sort of personal songwriting that got me loving him in the first place."
Watch the performance here:
Oberst and Dawes return to the road with a performance in Kansas City, Missouri, on July 2. They kick off a European tour in the UK the following week. For details and tickets, visit nonesuch.com/on-tour.
To pick up a copy of Upside Down Mountain, head to iTunes or the Nonesuch Store, where vinyl and CD orders include a download of the complete album at checkout; MP3 and FLAC lossless files are also available to purchase there.
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