Conor Oberst and The Mystic Valley Band's instruments were set up with the drums plainly displaying the backing band's title on the bass drumhead.  The drummer himself was wearing a shockingly clashing combination of shirt and vest.  Oberst came out with a gigantic black hat which at least would block the sun well enough.  He was also wearing the solid straight sunglasses in blue that have become popular recently.  Looking down one could see he was showing off his short socks off with his pants rolled up past them.  They started up with the press crowding and played an okay first song.  The next was short but better than the first.  The following song built to a nice end.  The drummer sang on the fourth song and Oberst mouthed the words.  This was the best song so far.

The next song was stopped by Oberst and he explained that he thought they were going to play a different one before they restarted it without anymore mistakes.  He played "There's Nothing The Road Cannot Heal" and followed it with a catchy song that topped the fourth one in quality.  The next song came from their new album that is coming out in less than two weeks.  The song after was dedicated to M Ward and was about the beach.  If those two things are related, I do not know why.

A book was thrown on the stage and Oberst gave a woa now, but said thanks since it seemed to be a sincere gift.  After the song Oberst explained the next was inspired by how there are eight universes, going on for a little bit then ending with that if you turn a certain way you can wave to your "neighbor".  I was not the only one looking around at other people wondering if that sounded out there as I thought.  There was a mistake that caused a restart of the second last song which was not bad.  On the last one, Oberst said, "If I had roses or anything to throw at you I would.  You're beautiful though.  Be safe."  The song had a little more rock to it than usual and also was a bit funky.  Conor Oberst and The Mystic Valley Band was the second case in a row of a folk based band that was not incredibly engaging, but whose music had respectable quality.  At least they had a few more accessible songs that most should have enjoyed.