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Fevers and Mirrors
Folk · 2000 · 14 tracks

Fevers and Mirrors

Bright Eyes

Quivering vocals and dusty acoustic arrangements that feel like a nervous breakdown in a quiet room. The definitive document of early 2000s indie-folk angst.

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It's like reading someone's diary while they're crying in the next room, but with better melodies.

A desperate, theatrical exploration of isolation and the fear of being found out.

Fevers and Mirrors · vs · Bright Eyes
Intense+2.1σ

The vocals lean far further into intense than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 14 Tracks
01
A Spindle, a Darkness, a Fever, and a Necklace
6:27
02
A Scale, a Mirror, and Those Indifferent Clocks
2:45
03
The Calendar Hung Itself…
3:56
04
Something Vague
3:29
05
The Joy in Discovery
1:07
06
The Movement of a Hand
4:15
07
When the Curious Girl Realizes She Is Under Glass
3:08
08
Arienette
3:39
09
Jetsabel Removes the Undesirables
6:09
10
Haligh, Haligh, a Lie, Haligh
4:44
11
The Center of the World
4:43
12
Sunrise, Sunset.
4:32
13
An Attempt to Tip the Scales
8:29
14
A Song to Pass the Time
5:32
Moments Worth Waiting For
The frantic, breathless delivery in the climax of The Calendar Hung Itself where the acoustic guitar sounds like it's being punished.
The jarring transition into the satirical fake interview during An Attempt to Tip the Scales that breaks the fourth wall.
The sound of a child reading a storybook that opens the album, immediately establishing a sense of lost innocence.
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