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Conor Oberst: Salutations

Andy Gill, The Independent, 15 March 2017

WHILST PUTTING TOGETHER a band to record some new songs, Conor Oberst was so encouraged by the response to his demos that last October, he released them as Ruminations. The spartan solo settings suited some songs, their musings upon bleak matters like illness, bereavement and adultery left painfully exposed.

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