Out of all of the Bright Eyes and Conor Oberst Solo stuff, this is Oberst at his most relaxed ever. While he can still be neurotic or critical of society, overall Oberst seems at piece with the fact that he is getting older and realizing that there is not much to life out side of the basics. In the opening of Nikorette he sings " I am just trying to be a human being-sitting in the sun eating ice cream." On Slowly (oh So Slowly) his vocal inflection when he sings "Dementia, you better treat me good" is just perfect. Ten Women is an all time class love song. The biggest difference between this and other Oberst albums is that he actually lets other members of the Mystic Valley Band write and sing songs. Those guys while not the talent of Oberst, do pretty good impressions of other Tom Petty on song like The Difference is Time which add to the overall relaxed vibe of an album. This album is not a timeless classic like Oberst albums with Bright Eyes like Fevers and Mirrors or I am Wide Awake, Its Morning, but it another good part of the Oberst canon of albums.  Overall Grade B+