Bright Eyes - Five Dice, All Threes (September 20, 2024) • Page 22

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Jonathan Cape acquires biography of Bright Eyes frontman and indie rock star Conor Oberst

 

I didn't realize this came out until this week. Just listened and I like it mostly

Highlights are Bells and Whistles, Rainbow Overpass, and Trains Still Run On Time

 

haven't returned to this much lately

 

hate is a bottom tier bright eyes song but boy is it hitting today

 

4/5 show at the salt shed announced!

 

Cursive and Hurray for the Riff Raff announced as tour openers too!! LFG

 

I know there has been a lot of Conor/BE action lately, but I just want to re-focus on the fact that we got 5 new Monsters of Folk songs this year from Album 2 sessions. I didn't even know they worked on a second album at all, so the whole thing is pretty wild.

 

I completely forgot about those

 

They aren't amazing but they're such a cool little historical piece of music and time that I didn't even know existed then poof outta nowhere!

 

I guess I missed that they were meant for a second album. I just assumed they were songs that didn't make the cut the first time around.

 

Recorded 3 years after the album:

This reissue features revised artwork, the original 15-song record plus 5 unreleased studio tracks from 2012, intended for a never-finished 2nd album, and featuring "5th Monster" Will Johnson.

 

I enjoyed all of the new songs at least as much as the whole initial album. all of the new songs are good to great. I particularly love "Dear To The Assassin".

 

Not all heroes wear capes

 

He almost prevented the Rangers World series win smh

 

This is a pretty interesting album to me, something about it isn't really clicking in a way that I hoped. I harp on Weeds a lot because it's kinda Bright Eyes by the numbers, even down to reusing melodies on more than a few tracks, but in the end I think the base songs on that album are better and more memorable. I appreciate that this album has it's own voice and style, it feels less derivative of Bright Eyes, but I think the songs themselves have less something, less of a voice, less memorable, hard to put into words.

I still enjoy it, but was hoping I would LOVE it after the singles leading up

 

Weeds absolutely stomps this album

 

everything else in his discography absolutely laps this album. monumental disappointment for me.

 

It feels a bit phoned in to me, in a way that "Weeds" didn't. It's just a rather boring album imo, pretty forgettable.

"Weeds" was a great bright eyes album especially after a long break but this album is just okay.

 

Idunno. I still think this is underrated. Its likes a perfect follow up to cassadaga. It doesn’t hit as hard emotionally as weeds though.

 

It’s like The People’s Key for me - fine but doesn’t hit.