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This CD is amazing. However, if you are a Bright eyes fanatic like myself, you should be warned that only 2 of the songs are sung by conor. All the songs are great, and the CD is very well worth purchasing, but you have to come into it with an open mind, because it's not all Bright Eyes, it's mostly Neva Dinova.

Poetry so perfect that for the first time I do not even dare saying a word about it. Excellence, ten out of five stars!

I'm a bit differently situated than most of those who have written reviews of this EP. I'm a huge Bright Eyes fan and have not been impressed with Neva Dinova's albums. But while Neva Dinova's contributions on this EP clearly outweigh those of Bright Eyes, somehow it works. All six tracks on this disc are painfully beautiful -- and, perhaps shockingly, -- those sung by the Neva Dinova singer are the best on the CD.

"Poison", "Tripped", "Get Back", and "Spring Cleaning" are four of the best songs you will ever hear. The two songs sung by Conor Oberst, "Black Comedy" and "I'll Be Your Friend" are good, but not great.

I can't overstate how amazing these songs are. If you're into either Bright Eyes, Neva Dinova, or modern indie rock, odds are you'll love this disc. It's absolutely incredible.

I've never listened to an EP as many times as I have this one. The thing that startled me most about it was that I liked the Neva Dinova songs more than the ones crooned by Oberst. As a fan of any band, I think you tend to gravitate to their songs more than any other, and I thought that would happen for this album. Not the case. It starts with Tripped, which may start to find it's way onto mix-tapes without you even realizing it, and ends with the last refrain of Spring Cleaning, guaranteed to be something you hum for the rest of the day. Some of the best work from both of these artists, and it sounds like they just worked so damn well together that it leaves you wishing for more colab work in the future.

While it's true Bright Eyes only performs two songs on the split, fans of Connor will find themselves easily falling in love with Neva's smooth, similarly meloncholy style. It is blues at it's bluest, capturing life at some pretty sad points. However, the rolling style in which they sing, just makes it so easy to learn the words and sing along. I emphasize that it is very sing-a-long accessible. Even though the content is sad, there's something about singing along that feels so...uplifting. It's a great album to listen to when you've got something on your shouders, cause singing along just lets you- put it down.

Jake Bellows' [the 'other guy' singing] and Conor Oberst's voices and styles mesh perfectly here and every song on this EP is worth hearing again and again. 'Get Back' is probably my favorite. I'm a longtime Bright Eyes fan and Conor's influence is apparent even on songs he's not singing lead on.

Conor Oberst himself has said that this is his favorite music he has created. That should be enough said.

It appears that this EP was designed to get Neva Denova some releases out there alongside Bright Eyes. Well, the Bright Eyes name got me to buy this, and its very good. Neva Denova is worthy of playing in tracks alongside of Bright Eyes tracks, and I enjoyed this EP very much.

Ive been in love with brighteyes for a long time now, but I had never heard of Neva Dinova. Well now in in love with them to. This cd is short but great. My favorite are the last two tracks. Do yourself a favor and pick this up!

Warning: This is not your typical Bright Eyes cd. I have no problem with this fact either. Neva Dinova gets the spotlight on this cd and they are amazing. I saw them on tour with the Good Life and picked up an advance copy of the Hate Yourself Change. If you like this cd, you'll love the new one when it comes out. This long overlooked Omaha band makes a great contribution to the music world.

I love Bright Eyes for Conor Oberst's great lyrics and songwriting,
and I purchased this album for the like. I never expected this to be
as great as it was, with awesome emotion catching songs by both
Neva Dinova and Bright Eyes. Spectacular.