Bright Eyes have announced their new album, Five Dice, All Threes, for release on September 20th via Dead Oceans. Comprised of Conor Oberst, Mike Mogis, and Nate Walcott, the beloved band’s 10th studio album features guest performances from long time friends Cat Power, The National’s Matt Berninger and The So So Glos’ Alex Orange Drink. Alongside today’s album news comes the release of the first track, “Bells and Whistles,” and a slew of tour dates for the United States and Europe, including headline slots at Riot Fest and BFF Festival. All shows listed below.
“Bells and Whistles” is a rollicking, anthemic bop that gallavants from NY to LA, its lacerating lyrics referencing Banksy, Princess Diana, the Mets, Silverlake stalwart bar Edendale, music biz pitfalls, and Kevin Costner’s greatest film. The lighthearted video, directed by Josh Boone, was filmed in Omaha, Nebraska and features a magical photobooth, a bar fight, and a performance.
Self-produced, and recorded at Mike and Conor’s studio, ARC, in Omaha, Nebraska, Five Dice, All Threes is a record of uncommon intensity and tenderness, communal exorcism and personal excavation. These are, of course, qualities that fans have come to expect from Bright Eyes, nearly three decades into their career. The tight-knit band of Conor, Mike and Nate tends to operate in distinct sweeping movements: each unique in its sound and story but unified by a sense of ambition and ever-growing emotional stakes. Even with this rich history behind them, these new songs exude a visceral thrill like nothing they have attempted before. Conor has always sung in a voice that conveys a sense of life-or-death gravity. At times throughout Five Dice, All Threes, you may feel worried for him; other times, he may seem like the only one with the clarity to get us out of this mess.
Bright Eyes on Tour:
Thursday, September 19 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Steel
Saturday, September 21 – Chicago, IL – Riot Fest
Sunday, September 22 – Omaha, NE – Steelhouse Omaha
Friday, October 11- Oakland, CA – Fox Theater
Saturday, October 12 – Los Angeles, CA – The Bellwether
Sunday, October 13 – Las Vegas, NV – Best Friends Forever Music Festival
Sunday, November 10 – Wolverhampton, UK – Wulfrun Hall
Monday, November 11 – London, UK – O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire
Tuesday, November 12 – Nijmegen, Netherlands – Doornroosje
Wednesday, November 13 – Ghent, Belgium – Ha Concerts
Thursday, November 14 – Cologne, Germany – Carlswerk Victoria
Friday, November 15 – Berlin, Germany – Tempodrom
Saturday, November 16 – Weissenhauser Strand, Germany – Rolling Stone Beach
Monday, November 18 – Stockholm, Sweden – FållanY
Tuesday, November 19 – Oslo, Norway – Parkteatret
Five Dice, All Threes Tracklist:
- Five Dice
- Bells and Whistles
- El Capitan
- Bas Jan Ader
- Tiny Suicides
- All Threes
- Rainbow Overpass
- Hate
- Real Feel 105°
- Spun Out
- Trains Still Run On Time
- The Time I Have Left
- Tin Soldier Boy
