And I hide behind these books I read while scribbling my poetry, like art could save a wretch like me with some ideal ideology that no one could hope to achieve. And I’m never real, it’s just a sketch of me. And everything I’ve made is trite and cheap and a waste of paint, of tape, of time.

E. In 2012 the band regrouped and released the double single: "MariKKKopa/Backsell" with more music expected in early 2013. Oberst spent the next two years focusing on other music projects and in June 2009 told Rolling Stone he wanted to make one final album with Bright Eyes before retiring the group.

Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band and Monsters of Folk. Conor Mullen Oberst (born February 15) is an American singer-songwriter best known for his work in Bright Eyes.