Hot Knives

:"Hot Kniving is also a way of using the drug "hash"."Infobox Single | Name = 'Hot Knives'
Type = Single
Artist = Bright Eyes


Released = July 9, 2007
Genre = Indie rock Folk rock Country rock
Label = Polydor
Producer = Mike Mogis |"Hot Knives" is the second song to be released by the indie/folk-rock band Bright Eyes, from their album "Cassadaga". [cite web
url = http://saddle-creek.com/bands/brighteyes/brighteyes.html
year = 2006
title = "Bright Eyes Bio"
publisher = Saddle Creek Records
accessdate = 2007-01-21] The song was released on July 9, 2007, on a strictly-limited 7" double A-Side record. The other song featured on the record was "If the Brakeman Turns My Way".

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.

Musicians

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

Trivia

Bright Eyes played "Hot Knives" on July 4th, 2007, on the David Letterman Show.

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 previous Bright Eyes' single, Four Winds. [cite web
url = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Daughters
title = "Patrick Daughters Bio"
year = 2006
title = "Patrick Daughters"
publisher = wikipedia
accessdate = 2007-01-21]

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