Bright Eyes have announced the second wave of releases as part of their ongoing Companions project. The project, announced in March, sees the band rereleasing their entire catalog, each album accompanied by new recordings. Out November 11 via Dead Oceans: Lifted or the Story is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground: A Companion, I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning: A Companion, and Digital Ash in a Digital Urn: A Companion.
The EPs include stellar guest performances from Gillian Welch, Dave Rawlings, Becky Stark, and Maria Taylor as well as stunning covers of “November by Azure Ray,” “Fare Thee Well, Miss Carousel” by Townes Van Zandt and “Agenda Suicide” by The Faint.
Today’s announcement comes with the release of three new Companion series recordings: “You Will. You? Will. You? Will. You? Will,”(originally from Lifted), “Old Soul Song (for the New World Order),” (originally from Wide Awake) and “Gold Mine Gutted” (originally from Digital Ash). The band’s re-recording flips the styles of Wide Awake and Digital Ash – recording each of those tracks in the style of the other album which were released on the same day in 2005.
BRIGHT EYES ON TOUR
08/12/22 – Oslo – Oya Festival
08/13/22 – Gothenburg – Way Out West Festival
08/14/22 – Copenhagen – Vega
08/16/22 – Hamburg – Fabrik
08/17/22 – Prague – Lucerna Music Bar
08/19/22 – Berlin – Astra Kulturhaus
08/20/22 – Frankfurt – Batschkapp
08/21/22 – Hasselt – Pukkelpop
08/22/22 – Amsterdam – Paradiso
08/23/22 – Cologne – Carlswerk Victoria
08/25/22 – Vienna – Open Air Arena
08/26/22 – Munich – Muffathalle
08/27/22 – Zurich – X-Tra
08/28/22 – Luxembourg – Den Atelier
08/30/22 – London – Eventim Apollo
08/31/22 – Manchester – O2 Apollo
09/01/22 – Dublin – Vicar Street
09/02/22 – Stradbally – Electric Picnic Festival
09/04/22 – Dorset – End of the Road Festival
09/05/22 – Birmingham – O2 Institute
09/06/22 – Glasgow – Barrowland
10/19/22 – Sonoma, CA – Gundlach Bundschu Winery
10/20/22- San Luis Obispo, CA – Madonna Inn
10/22/22 – Las Vegas, NV – When We Were Young Festival
10/23/22 – Las Vegas, NV – When We Were Young Festival
10/25/22 – Monterrey, CA – Golden State Theatre
10/26/22 – Santa Ana, CA – The Observatory
10/27/22 – Tucson, AZ – Rialto Theatre
10/29/22 – Las Vegas, NV – When We Were Young Festival
11/09/22 – Toronto, ON – History
11/10/22 – Montreal, QUE – Corona Theatre
11/11/22 – Providence, RI – The Strand
11/13/22 – Portland, ME – State Theater
11/14/22 – Baltimore, MD – TBA
11/16/22- Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer
11/19/22 – Mexico City, MEX, Corona Capital
