At last count, Conor Oberst has released 15 full-length albums under the guise of his various solo and band projects. At only 29 years of age, that is a mightily impressive phy to carry around, and in the Americana genre he is matched only by the equally prolific Ryan Adams.

Outer South sees Oberst adding his Mystic Valley Band’s name to the album and dividing up the songwriting credits more generously than he has in the past. Three of the members get two songs apiece while Oberst takes most of the credit for the other ten. It is this division of labour that defines how Outer South will be received and how it ends up being a mixed bag of an album

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