Blog: Stereogum

A year ago Conor dropped the Bright Eyes for his birth name, ditched Mogis (but not Walcott) for some other dudes, and headed off to Tepoztlán, Morelos, México to make an eponymous LP. It went well , and by November he and his Mystic Valley Band were already playing unreleased material on Conan . Today that decision makes sense: on his site Conor has announced that he and the Mystic Valley Band (Taylor Hollingsworth, Nik Freitas, Macey Taylor, Nathaniel Walcott and Jason Boesel) put new tunes to tape over November and December in El Paso, Texas [...]