168. Sarah Gargano Discusses Bright Eyes, Fevers and Mirrors

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Nashville-based singer-songwriter Sarah Gargano visits YMAAA to discuss Bright Eyes’ 2000 album Fevers and Mirrors. Sarah talks about the unusual reason that got her to explore Bright Eyes in her early teens and how she was first introduced to Fevers and Mirrors. She explains why this is one of her favorite albums and why she considers some of the material to be both self-indulgent and helpful to her personally. Sarah also talks about her recently-released single, "Halloweekend," and what she has planned for the coming months.

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1:31 Sarah joins the show

2:23 Sarah explains the event that got her to explore Bright Eyes for the first time

5:28 Sarah talks about the first time she listened to Fevers and Mirrors

6:28 Sarah and Al discuss the “interview” that occurs during “An Attempt to Tip the Scales”

11:00 Sarah talks about the unique way that Bright Eyes start their albums

13:43 Listening to Bright Eyes' later albums first made Fevers and Mirrors an easier album for Sarah to digest initially

17:12 Sarah explains why Fevers and Mirrors resonates with her so strongly

20:09 Sarah and Al interpret the lyrics for “Arienette”

23:32 What does it mean when we call music “self-indulgent”?

Discussion of selected tracks:

28:33 “An Attempt to Tip the Scales”

32:41 “The Calendar Hung Itself…”

34:24 “When the Curious Girl Realizes She Is Under Glass”

38:18 “Haligh, Haligh, A Lie, Haligh”

42:01 Al had a difficult time getting past Conor Oberst’s vocal delivery

44:22 Sarah gets a kick out of a pair of songs that Oberst references

45:52 Sarah shares her opinions of Bright Eyes’ more recent albums

49:30 Al asks Sarah about her song “Murdered Angels”

52:41 Sarah describes the perspective from which she wrote “Halloweekend”

58:11 Sarah talks about her upcoming plans

Outro music is from “Staring at the Screen” by Sarah Gargano.

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