{"product_id":"bright-eyes-kids-table-lp","title":"Bright Eyes - Kids Table LP ( VINYL )","description":"\u003cp\u003eSit at the Kids Table. Go to prom. Try a new SSRI. Deface a mural. Flip\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe mattress. Help a bird. Dissociate. Last vacation. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThese landmark occasions are inscribed on the board-game-inspired \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecover of the new Bright Eyes EP, Kids Table. And therein lies the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003echiaroscuro of Bright Eyes' music, perpetually teetering between \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003erogue optimism and pragmatic despair. Following the band's 2024 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003evisceral and hook-filled Five Dice, All Threes, the new EP exists as both \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ea partner-in-crime to that album, and a self-contained world all of it's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eown. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhile many of these new songs emerged from the same recording \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003esessions at Omaha's ARC Studios as Five Dice, they didn't all quite fit \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe concise cohesion of that album. So it was always the plan of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eConor Oberst, Mike Mogis, and Nate Walcott to find another seat for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethese outliers at the proverbial kids table, \"eaten off the ironing board \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003elike we did at our big family holidays,\" jokes Oberst, in a nod to the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEP's cover art. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Kids Table\" and \"Dyslexic Palindrome\" both feature Hurray For The \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRiff Raff's Alynda Segarra, a continued creative partnership following \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe two bands' recent tours together and viral live version of Bright \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEyes fan-favorite, \"Lua.\" And while a Bright Eyes ska song was likely \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003enot on this year's bingo card (or game board), \"1st World Blues,\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecowritten with Alex Orange Drink (So So Glos), makes a case for a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethird wave of the genre, with it's biting takedown of contemporary \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAmerican civilization decline, propelled by gang vocals and an \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003einfectious off-beat rhythm. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCultural references both high and low-brow pepper the EP - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003enamechecking everyone from Salman Rushdie, Joe Strummer, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCandace Bergen in \"Victory City\" and Shakespeare, Guy Fawkes, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMrs. Peacock from the classic boardgame 'Clue' in \"Shakespeare In A \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNutshell.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut it's the cover of Lucinda Williams' 1980 track \"Sharp Cutting \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWings (Song For A Poet)\" that is really the heart of this collection. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOberst and Williams share a clear musical commonality, both experts \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eat weaving together melancholy and hope. And in fact, following a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003emedical emergency in 2024 when Oberst was battling vocal problems \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e- it was the first thing he wanted to sing after his illness, once he was \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eable to use his voice again. \"This was the song I felt like singing,\" says \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOberst, \"I've just always loved it.\" It was a last-minute addition to the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEP that ultimately ties it all together, it's cautious optimism offering a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eglimmer of light in the shadows of the collection, the shadows of a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003efraying American dream, and the shadows cast across a family dinner \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eat the kids table.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"02- Alliance","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56731846705525,"sku":"656605168517","price":3.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/8300\/2485\/files\/4447858-3427303.jpg?v=1770887948","url":"https:\/\/warmvibevinyls.com\/products\/bright-eyes-kids-table-lp","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}