It has to be intimidating to read comparisons between your music and that of folk legend Bob Dylan. In a way, though, it has to be worse to be reading that some critics think you’ve lost your musical edge. That’s the seesaw Nebraska-born Conor Oberst has ridden since he was just out of his teens, recording an indie rock, folk, alt-country sound. Whatever your thoughts on Oberst’s music with Bright Eyes, he has also followed Dylan by shying away from media attention, even as he tours behind Bright Eyes’ latest release, “The People’s Key.” That’s left fans scrambling to find news and confirm rumors such as that “People’s Key” may be the last we hear from Bright Eyes.

“I don’t think it’s anything official,” Oberst told HitFix in one of his rare interviews, noting that he, Mike Mogis and Nate Walcott currently live in different cities but hope to make another album together. “I hope there is.”