{"product_id":"bright-eyes-kids-table-vinyl-lp","title":"BRIGHT EYES - KIDS TABLE - VINYL LP","description":"\u003cdiv role=\"main\" id=\"aec-body\"\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"container landing\"\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"col-md-10\" id=\"aec-main\"\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aec-product-container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12\" id=\"aec-product-description\"\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aec-desc-review collapse\"\u003ethe mattress. Help a bird. Dissociate. Last vacation.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThese landmark occasions are inscribed on the board-game-inspired\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecover of the new Bright Eyes EP, Kids Table. And therein lies the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003echiaroscuro of Bright Eyes' music, perpetually teetering between\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003erogue optimism and pragmatic despair. Following the band's 2024\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003evisceral and hook-filled Five Dice, All Threes, the new EP exists as both\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ea partner-in-crime to that album, and a self-contained world all of it's\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eown.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eWhile many of these new songs emerged from the same recording\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003esessions at Omaha's ARC Studios as Five Dice, they didn't all quite fit\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ethe concise cohesion of that album. So it was always the plan of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eConor Oberst, Mike Mogis, and Nate Walcott to find another seat for\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ethese outliers at the proverbial kids table, 'eaten off the ironing board\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003elike we did at our big family holidays,' jokes Oberst, in a nod to the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eEP's cover art.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e'Kids Table' and 'Dyslexic Palindrome' both feature Hurray For The\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eRiff Raff's Alynda Segarra, a continued creative partnership following\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ethe two bands' recent tours together and viral live version of Bright\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eEyes fan-favorite, 'Lua.' And while a Bright Eyes ska song was likely\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003enot on this year's bingo card (or game board), '1st World Blues,'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecowritten with Alex Orange Drink (So So Glos), makes a case for a\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ethird wave of the genre, with it's biting takedown of contemporary\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAmerican civilization decline, propelled by gang vocals and an\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003einfectious off-beat rhythm.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eCultural references both high and low-brow pepper the EP -\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003enamechecking everyone from Salman Rushdie, Joe Strummer, and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eCandace Bergen in 'Victory City' and Shakespeare, Guy Fawkes, and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eMrs. Peacock from the classic boardgame 'Clue' in 'Shakespeare In A\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eNutshell.'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBut it's the cover of Lucinda Williams' 1980 track 'Sharp Cutting\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eWings (Song For A Poet)' that is really the heart of this collection.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eOberst and Williams share a clear musical commonality, both experts\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eat weaving together melancholy and hope. And in fact, following a\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003emedical emergency in 2024 when Oberst was battling vocal problems\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e- it was the first thing he wanted to sing after his illness, once he was\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eable to use his voice again. 'This was the song I felt like singing,' says\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eOberst, 'I've just always loved it.' It was a last-minute addition to the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eEP that ultimately ties it all together, it's cautious optimism offering a\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eglimmer of light in the shadows of the collection, the shadows of a\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efraying American dream, and the shadows cast across a family dinner\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eat the kids table.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"ui-tabs ui-corner-all ui-widget ui-widget-content\" id=\"aec-musictabs\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-hidden=\"false\" class=\"ui-tabs-panel ui-corner-bottom ui-widget-content\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"MusicTracks\" id=\"mt-1\"\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"tracksonly\" id=\"aec-jukebox\"\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"jp-playlist tracksonly\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"aec-tracknum\"\u003e1\u003c\/span\u003e Kids Table\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"aec-tracknum\"\u003e2\u003c\/span\u003e Cairns (When Your Heart Belongs to Everyone)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"aec-tracknum\"\u003e3\u003c\/span\u003e 1st World Blues\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"aec-tracknum\"\u003e4\u003c\/span\u003e Sharp Cutting Wings (Song to a Poet)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"aec-tracknum\"\u003e5\u003c\/span\u003e It Always Feelss Good and It Never Hurts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"aec-tracknum\"\u003e6\u003c\/span\u003e Dyslexic Palindrome (Feat. 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