Bright Eyes’ sixth studio affair is the rare album that authentically combines anger and joy into one foggy, intoxicating catharsis.

The real reason behind its quiet reputation is that ‘Digital Ash In A Digital Urn’ defies the rousing, easy answers of its folky partner, ‘I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning.’

Conor Oberst and crew’s fourth studio affair lives up to its name in the sense that it is a deeply analog record, relying on the strength of the band and its orchestra to, well, raise it up.