Bright Eyes have announced that their new album, Five Dice, All Threes, will be released on September 20th via Dead Oceans.
Comprised of Conor Oberst, Mike Mogis, and Nate Walcott, the beloved band’s 10th studio album will feature guest appearance from long time friends Cat Power, The National’s Matt Berninger and The So So Glos’ Alex Orange Drink.
Additionally, alongside the album announcement, Bright Eyes have shared the album’s first single, “Bells and Whistles.” It’s a rollicking, anthemic song that hops from New York to Los Angeles, as its lyrics make references to Banksy, Princess Diana, the Mets, Silverlake stalwart bar Edendale, music biz pitfalls, and Kevin Costner’s greatest film. The accompanying lighthearted video, directed by Josh Boone, was filmed in Omaha, Nebraska and features a magical photobooth, a bar fight, and a performance.
Of the track, Oberst says, “This is a song about the many little details in life that can seem insignificant or frivolous or temporary at the time but eventually end up forming your destiny. And it’s also kind of a whistle while you work scenario.”
Watch the video for “Bells and Whistles” below and pre-order Five Dice, All Threes here.
Self-produced, and recorded at Mogis and Oberst’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 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. Oberst 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.
Check out all of the album details, as well as upcoming tour dates from Bright Eyes below.
Artwork:
Track-listing:
- 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
Tour dates:
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