20 September 2024

Press photo by Nik Freitas

Nebraska‘s pop/rock trio BRIGHT EYES formed by singer-songwriter Conor Oberst
back in 1995 have their 11th LP, titled FIVE DICE, ALL THREES out today.

Press info: “Five Dice, All Threes is a record of uncommon intensity and tenderness, communal exorcism and personal excavation. 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. In his songwriting lies a promise that our loneliest thoughts and feelings can take on grander shapes when passed between friends, blasted through speakers, or shouted among crowds. As per usual, the music comes loaded with subtext that invites deep listening—the signature touch of a band who has always honored the album as its own exalted work of art. The record doesn’t just sound like classic Bright Eyes. It sounds like their future, too.”

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Uncut (UK magazine): “Five Dice, All Threes sounds like they’ve caught up with themselves: even if Bright Eyes are struggling to scrape together optimism about the future, there is every reason why their fans should.”

TUTV: It’s Bright Eyes by numbers, but I like their romantic, heart-rending, mixed
emotions numbers. Oberst voice still is the magnetizing instrument up front and his
moods swing again from left to right and back, but, unfortunately, breaks the rhythm,
pace and effectiveness of the record too many times. An emotional roller coaster it is
with high and low moments.

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