Bright Eyes
Four Winds EP
Saddle Creek

Much has already been said about the well-received Bright Eye’s Cassidega album and its chart-crushing singles, but Cassidega’s predecessor, the Four Winds EP contains some overlooked flipside songs that are maybe even more impressive than those found on the full-length Cassidega album. Here’s my take on it all; Although I like the occasional appearance of M. Ward, I’m not appreciating the top-heavy harmonica accompaniments. While Conor O’berst tries to inform the hairteens on emo-politics, I’m left longing for an album as unruffled and significant as their earlier release, Lifted Or The Story’s in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground. I know it’s probably out of the question to surpass the strength of that album, but it seems that each subsequent Bright Eyes release tends to dissatisfy those who may have been rehabilitated by Lifted’s divine weight. Simply put, Cassedega and the Four Winds EP are good, yet not great. From a band that is great, not just good. Accommodation for radio has rendered the sound more predictable/barren like many other distilled folk albums. I’ll just put Lifted back on the stereo. – Kelly D. Williams, Mannerist Magazine

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