Dyslexic Palindrome

The picture seems to be from the news - batons, bruises, crowd noise, slogans, advertising that interrupts everything. But it sounds as if the world itself has mixed up the letters in the words: where there should be ‘salvation,’ there is ‘napalm.’ Where there should be love, there is an advertising break. Everything is upside down, ironic and frightening at the same time. The music seems to wink: yes, it's absurd, yes, it hurts, but it is in this chaos that a strange beauty is born - like a bruise that blooms in all shades of purple.

Artwork: Zach Nipper

Visualisation: Rena Johnson

Recording: Mike Mogis at ARC Studios, Omaha, Nebraska

Mixing: Mike Mogis at ARC Studios, Omaha, Nebraska, USA

Audio engineering, additional recording and production: Adam Roberts

Mastering: Brian Lee and Bob Jackson at Waygate Mastering, Cape Elizabeth, Maine, USA

Producer: Bright Eyes

Conor Oberst - vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, baritone guitar, electric piano

Mike Mogis – pedal steel guitar, electric guitar, mandjo, dobro, mandolin, banjo

Nathaniel Walcott – piano, trumpet, organ, electric piano, synthesizers, mellotron, horn arrangements

Griffin Goldsmith – drums, percussion

Alex Orange Drink – vocals

Alinda Segarra – vocals

Macy Taylor – bass