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2 days ago · By all accounts, Five Dice, All Threes seems to have appeared with very little fanfare. And yet, it’s a sudden, shocking example of Oberst’s brilliance. The best Bright Eyes album in about 20 years, it’s filled with Oberst’s familiar lyrical brilliance of dense, referential writing that opens new pathways of the artist’s canon.
1 day ago · Bright Eyes meditate on death and existence with new album 'Five Dice, All Threes'. September 25, 2024. Eddie Arnold. Bright Eyes are a tough band to crack. Primarily the vessel of singer-songwriter Conor Oberst, the Nebraska-based indie band has long served up dense records full of both personal and societal struggles (not to mention a large ...
6 days ago · The album’s lyrics shift between straightforward commentary and more abstract, surreal imagery, offering multiple layers of meaning. Oberst’s references to literary figures and cultural icons enhance the richness of the album’s narrative. BRIGHT EYES REVIEW HISTORY Down In The Weeds, Where The World Once Was (2020) CONOR OBERST REVIEW HISTORY
6 days ago · On Five Dice, All Threes, he leans into it, letting chance and emotional rawness guide the sound of another classic Bright Eyes record. Here, Oberst grapples with the existential crises that pervade much of his work, but this time from a place of maturity – or perhaps a more acute, albeit jaded, awareness of time passing and things changing ...
3 days ago · Like a possessed animal I walked to the nearest record store and bought the physical album even though records cost a fuck ton these days. I was excited to give my friend whom I’ve never actually met but seen live half a dozen times some support. I was ready to undress it even further. Goddamn. Every track gives me tears. And joy. And fullness.
Sep 18, 2024 · More than two decades later, ‘Real Feel 105°’, a wistful highlight from their new album Five Dice, All Threes, finds Oberst withdrawn in resignation: “There’s too much to untangle to get to the truth/ I was thinking what I just couldn’t say.”.
6 days ago · The year after Commander Venus broke up, a 15-year-old Oberst released his first Bright Eyes album, A Collection of Songs Written Between 1995-1997, an unrefined, Mogis-produced bundle of 20 songs ...
