Bright Eyes Gets 3D & Multilingual

Cassadaga will be quite the visual experience...

As one rep at his label, Saddle Creek explains: "The original concept as Conor Oberst and I discused it was to use a 3D stereogram, a 'magic eye' illusion, for the artwork, so if you stared at it the right way, images of pyramids would appear in 3D. The problem with this was that, especially with CD packaging, the stereogram would have to be very small. Also, there are some people who are not able to view magic eye images - myself included - and they would be losing out."

"I did some hunting around for other options and found a company based in London who offer a patented process they developed called Focal Decoder that we ended up using. What we liked about this option was that it was very difficult to see anything of the hidden images without the decoder, it allowed a high level of detail in the hidden images and text, and it was a technique that we hadn't seen anywhere before."

"The hidden text was mostly written by Conor and translated into other languages by friends. The rest of the hidden text is magical in nature and from historical sources. I liked Conor's idea of using different languages, so even after you use the decoder to view the text, you still have one more level before you can decipher the message. The 'deluxe' version of the CD and the vinyl LP have the most encoded images. The LP decoder is a larger size to accommodate the larger encoded panels. The design of the decoder was based on Conor's idea of having it look like an antique scientific instrument." (quotes via NME.com)

To see the cover, or at least, one of the covers for Cassadaga, check here. The album is out next week internationally.

MP3: Bright Eyes - Lime Tree