Conor Oberst and The Mystic Valley Band - Big Black Nothing

[DocCereal]

I got this album for Christmas two years ago and that same week, I accidentally sat on it and broke the CD in half. ..

Poop in a can. ..

[petsally]

HATERS TO THE LEFT

[insideleak]

O B A M A

[markgundy]

i think bright eyes (at least the begging albums) were more depressing and somber, CO&TMVB is more upbeat in my opinion. please don't hate me i fucking love bright eyes, and the mystic valley band...oberst in general.

[LittleBlackSparrow]

i can decide whether this is better than bright eyes or not

[GatsbysGreenLight987]

@LittleBlackSparrow Its good stuff, but its no Bright Eyes.

[zaqrigs1]

I gotta say the word 'genius gets thrown around a bit much nowadays...but I can not think of a single better adjective to describe Conor Oberst

[Bojl95]

@zaqrigs1 this is a band, not a solo project

[festsj]

Who wrote this song, can't remember the guys name. His in the band and he is the singer in this song. You can see him sing this acoustic in the documentary ''one of my kind''.

[festsj]

@festsj Nevermind, It said on the other page :P

[DichterJuraj]

best song on the album by far

[iTsolmon]

yeah cool song

and cool band!

[Fearabbit]

Wow, amazing song. This sounds a little bit as if The Beatles had put a country song on Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

Maybe the voice is not something I'd expect from a Conor Oberst album, but I actually like the change.

[WillTavlin]

i read on wikipedia that they played their final show in august did they break up?

[HappyTuesdayWoord]

not sure i heard they are getting together again in April to go on tour. the mystic valley band wasnt really supposed to happen, it just kind of did, each of the musicians all have their own bands they have been with longer then TMVB, but i do hope they actually do produce more albums and go on tour again.

[OneDrinkForMankind]

anyone know how to play the piano scale at the end?

[nikscoolduh]

i really love this song.

[skateanddank]

this is the most beautiful truth. only seen as negative because its the scariest thing to admit, that the conditioned world we've been born into is all fake. that beyond it all and all is a big black nothing. life death, over and over, slamming through,

[Maatsy]

it's cool how all these amazing artists banded together to form this one fucking mindblowing band. though it was a short lived project, it's refreshing to hear good music these days as opposed to lady gaga or justin bieber.

[blknothing]

I don't think this song is negative at all. I wonder if it's Nik's take on Conor.

[torch720]

I am in love.

[sketchyspaniards]

It's amazing how much his music has grown, definitely someone to keep an eye on.

[Kelet]

friggin amazing song.

and fun to play as well :D

[kingoshani]

Maybe my favorite. these lyrics are so amazing to me. 'Big Black nothing'

[elizabetoorose]

Although the lyrics are really negative, the song is so good that it makes me happy!

[lerfish]

conor is definately the better artist but i still think this is a decent song, quite catchy and a not bad voice, not brilliant, but not bad. and all this shite about dylan is crap, you can't compare anyone to him, dylan is king.

[electroxjunkie]

Conor would kill to have this voice. Great song. MVB is so much better than Bright Eyes.

[stephn2428]

The guy singing this song is guitarist Nik Freitas!! Just to clear it up for the people that still thought that the person singing was Conor Oberst

[delacyll]

oh, the little piano part toward the end gives me the chills.

love this song

[livslovesyou]

This is awesome.

[tb4c59]

i think he's trying to sound like Dylan in this song.

[kirannasaurus]

this isnt him, its another guy in the band

[brisweet91]

It's Jason Boesel, the drummer from Rilo Kiley, I think. He has a good voice I think.

[jeanyapko]

it's Ni k Freitas. and he does not have a good voice.

[brisweet91]

Grouchy.

[KazakageoftheSand]

i've noticed so many Oberst-Dylan similarities it's not funny.

And that's a huge compliment because Dylan is probably my favorite artist of all time.

[sparkylampshade]

he's doing good at it. it almost sounds just like dylan.

[EMPOWERDARFUR]

I bought this CD two days ago.

[DonRafael09]

he bought the album....

[WordsYouForget]

conor is so amazing. i love this new album and i like how he wanted to give everyone a chance to sing

[mooglesarerabbits]

he probably lost a bet or something to be honest

[WordsYouForget]

eh i dont think so but who knows

[whatareweres]

He didn't lose a bet he just loves the members of his band.

[thesoulpatrol]

Yeah. I just read the spread in this month's Rolling Stone, and there was a part in there about how the band would just pass a guitar around and everyone would play songs they wrote.. He just likes his bandmates.

[TheFallOFAvel]

great record!

[harvard11]

Nik Freitas has a great voice! I love his part in Nikorette.

The new album is an instant classic! Conor is brilliant as always and what is so amazing is that the songs by the Mystic Valley Band members are nearly as good as his!

[josiesezlol]

he has his own solo record

[celestexcore94]

uhm i saw this one livee.

when he came to where i live.

it was one of the guitarists...

sorry i dont know his name:/

the older looking one..:o

[luindilwen]

Nik Freitas.

[3ILuvmusic]

the one that looks like a hippie or the one that has the brown hair?i went to a concert of there's about a month ago.

[celestexcore94]

haha no not the hippy guy:)

the one with the shorter hair.

really?:]nice, where was it at?

[3ILuvmusic]

It was in New Mexico.I fell in love with Taylor Hollingsworth,the younger guitarist.conor kept spitting into the audience.lol.

[johnz6808]

He's an incredible musician, you should see his solo stuff.

[3ILuvmusic]

He is.

Such as what solo stuff?

I have heard his music when he was about 13 and its great.His voice cracks all the time.

[johnz6808]

Are we both talking about Taylor Hollingsworth? Cause I was. I think any obsessed Conor fan has heard his much, much younger recordings. Taylor Hollingsworth has some incredible solo stuff though, he's been in a few bands but the names don't come to mind right now.

[3ILuvmusic]

Oh Okay yes Now we are.I have heard his solo stuff,since I like his voice and decided to check it out.

[thegetaway16]

the only song on the album i like ...isnt even sung by conor HAHAHA

[mysticvalleybandlove]

soooooooo if you don't like conor why are you listening to all the songs on the album?

[spintriae]

who's singing? sounds like bob dylan and britt daniel had a love child.

[r4ndomish]

The singer is Nik Freitas.

[HalighAnAwfulLie]

Merge Records is streaming the album.