Part One Of My 285 Part Series: Better Know Your Bright Eyes

For part one of my ambitious 285 part series iTunes has randomly chosen "The Invisible Gardner" from A Collection of Songs...for me to interview.

The song opens with some dissonant, bass-heavy synth noise, then after a quick false start Conor starts up a rare Bright Eyes instrumental tune. His repetitive acoustic strums lay a nice rhythm track when coupled with the light (and equally repetitive) drumming. The melody is carried by a sole chirpy synth part. One can easily imagine Conor's voice commanding this song with quite the same melody. Another synth part can be heard somewhere in the background laying down a nice texture for the improvised melody line.

This song accomplishes two rare feats (1) it is a rare instrumental Bright Eyes tune (the only one if my memory serves me correctly) and (2) it is an instrumental that can actually hold the listener's attention. That said, I have to give this song four stars out of five, just because of the bouncy, fun mood (a Bright Eyes rarity in itself) and the melody line that snakes its way into your subconscious for hours. Put this one on your "Walk Through The Park" playlist.