Gillian Welch’s decision to tour with Bright Eyes further mellows her already tamed musical career. Welch’s album Soul Journey lacked the spark of the earlier Time (The Revelator) and Bright Eyes have never had much spark, churning out lyrics and musical arrangements that could pass for slightly risqué lullabies. In the tour’s recent Toronto stop, Welch and Oberst performed Lua together. Welch sings the lines “I've got a flask inside my pocket/ We can share it on the train/and if you promise to stay conscious/ I will try and do the same” with a force that intensifies the otherwise anti-climactic performance. But her solo still lacks the biting tenderness that characterized Welch’s My First Lover or Revelator.
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