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Hot Knives

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Released
  
July 9, 2007

Writer(s)
  
Conor Oberst

Label
  
Polydor

Producer(s)
  
Mike Mogis

Genre
  
Indie rock Folk rock Country rock

"Hot Knives" (2007)
  
"I Must Belong Somewhere" (2007)

"Hot Knives" is the second song to be released by the indie/folk-rock band Bright Eyes, from their album Cassadaga. The song was released on July 9, 2007, on a strictly-limited 7" double A-side record.

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Conor Oberst, the band's frontman, allegedly said "Hot Knives is a song.. um, sort of about a woman that kind of discovers that her life is a sham and can't really exist in her reality any longer and has to transform completely into a new, uh, species. It sounds crazy, but it's not that crazy. It could happen to you, too" on the NME Track-by-Track.

Track listing

  1. Hot Knives
  2. If The Brakeman Turns My Way

Musicians

  • Conor Oberst - Guitar, Vocals, Piano
  • Mike Mogis - Guitar, Bass, Dobro
  • Nate Walcott - Piano, Strings
  • Maria Taylor - Vocals, Drums
  • M. Ward - Guitar
  • Janet Weiss - Drums
  • Stacy DuPree - Vocals
  • Sherri DuPree - Vocals
  • Z Berg - Vocals
  • Rachael Yamagata - Vocals
  • Bill Meyers – Conductor
  • Trivia

    Bright Eyes played "Hot Knives" on July 4, 2007, on Late Show with David Letterman.

    Music video

    The video for "Hot Knives" was directed by Patrick Daughters, who also directed "Title and Registration" (Death Cab for Cutie), "Stockholm Syndrome" (Muse), and the video for the previous Bright Eyes single, "Four Winds".

    References

    Hot Knives Wikipedia