Bright Eyes have announced a new EP, Kids Table, which will arrive on September 26 via Dead Oceans. The 8-track release includes the band’s recent ska tune ‘1st World Blues’, as well as a new track, ‘Dyslexic Palindrome’, a swaying, shadowy duet with Hurry for the Riff Raff’s Alynda Segarra. Check it out below.
“Alynda Segarra is one of the most soulful people I have ever encountered,” Conor Oberst said in a statement. “Everything that passes through them is haunted by the weary ghost of American music past. I have had the good fortune of recording and performing with them on many occasions and I am always blown away by Alynda’s ability to channel what is both intangible and universal. Seemingly walking along in a second line of skeletons. Blowing on a valiant horn. I know it sounds crazy but, yet, there Alynda is. Always so very present but with one foot on the other side.”
Kids Table includes a cover of Lucinda Williams’ ‘Sharp Cutting Wings (Song to a Poet)’, which was released the year that Oberst was born. According to a press release, it was the first thing Oberst wanted to sing last fall after recovering from a medical emergency that left him battling vocal problems.
Last year, Bright Eyes released their most recent LP, Five Dice, All Threes.
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Kids Table Tracklist:
1. Kids Table
2. Cairns (When Your Heart Belongs to Everyone)
3. 1st World Blues
4. Sharp Cutting Wings (Song to a Poet)
5. It Always Feels Good and It Never Hurts
6. Dyslexic Palindrome (feat. Hurray For The Riff Raff)
7. Shakespeare In A Nutshell
8. Victory City
