{"product_id":"bright-eyes-five-dice-all-threes-cd","title":"Bright Eyes - Five Dice, All Threes (CD)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetails: \u003c\/strong\u003eFive Dice, All Threes is a record of uncommon intensity and tenderness,\r\ncommunal exorcism and personal excavation. These are, of course, qualities\r\nthat fans have come to expect from Bright Eyes, nearly three decades into\r\ntheir career. The tight-knit band of Conor Oberst, Mike Mogis, and Nate\r\nWalcott tends to operate in distinct sweeping movements: each unique in it's\r\nsound and story but unified by a sense of ambition and ever-growing\r\nemotional stakes. Even with this rich history behind them, these new songs\r\nexude a visceral thrill like nothing they have attempted before. Oberst has\r\nalways sung in a voice that conveys a sense of life-or-death gravity. At times\r\nthroughout Five Dice, All Threes, you may feel worried for him; other times, he\r\nmay seem like the only one with the clarity to get us out of this mess.\r\nOn the self-produced album, Bright Eyes embrace the elusive quality that\r\nhas made them so enduring and influential across generations and genres,\r\nbringing their homespun sound from an Omaha bedroom to devoted\r\naudiences around the world. In Oberst's songwriting lies a promise that our\r\nloneliest thoughts and feelings can take on grander shapes when passed\r\nbetween friends, blasted through speakers, or shouted among crowds. This\r\ntime around, the band invites such like-minded voices onto the record with\r\nthem, with notable guest appearances from Cat Power (\"All Threes\"), The\r\nNational's Matt Berninger (\"The Time I Have Left\"), and Alex Levine, the\r\nfrontman of the New York punk band The So So Glos, who co-wrote several\r\nsongs and shares a climactic verse in the surging \"Rainbow Overpass.\"\r\nWhen they hit the studio with Oberst's longtime bandmates-the multiinstrumentalist and producer Mike Mogis, the keyboardist and arranger Nate\r\nWalcott-they opted for a fast-paced approach that drew inspiration from\r\nformative influences like The Replacements and Frank Black. They sought\r\ntextures that burst from the mix like gnarly splashes of paint on a blank\r\ncanvas; they opted for first takes and spontaneous decisions. Five Dice, All\r\nThrees thrashes and squirms and resists classification. In the brilliant expanse\r\nof \"El Capitan,\" they blend a galloping rhythm you might find in a Johnny Cash\r\nstandard with a swell of funereal horns, shouted vocals, and lyrics that read\r\nlike a sobering farewell between twin souls. \"So they're burning you an effigy,\"\r\nOberst sings. \"Well, that happens to me all the time!\"\r\nFor every striking turn in his lyrics, the band knows just how to\r\ncomplement him. On one level, Five Dice, All Threes may be the most fun\r\nalbum in the Bright Eyes catalog, filled with singalong hooks and buzzing\r\nperformances. And yet, sitting alongside these adrenalized rockers that sound\r\nbeamed in directly from the garage, you will find contemplative, psychedelic\r\nmaterial like the heartbreaking \"Tiny Suicides\" and \"All Threes,\" a song whose\r\njazzy piano solo and free-associative lyrics feel totally unprecedented in the\r\nBright Eyes catalog.\r\nAs per usual, the music comes loaded with subtext that invites deep\r\nlistening-the signature touch of a band who has always honored the album as\r\nit's own exalted work of art. In the game of threes, the titular move would\r\nindicate a perfect roll. Perfection, however, means something different in the\r\nworld of Bright Eyes, where our flaws are what grants us authority and finding\r\nmeaning is only possible if we bear witness to the dark, winding journey to\r\nget there. On Five Dice, All Threes, Bright Eyes embrace these beliefs with\r\nmusic that feels thrillingly alive, as if we were all in the room with them,\r\nshouting along and gaining the strength to move forward together. It doesn't\r\njust sound like classic Bright Eyes. It sounds like their future, too.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFive Dice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Bells and Whistles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e El Capitan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Bas Jan Ader\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Tiny Suicides\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e All Threes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Rainbow Overpass\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Hate\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Real Feel 105°\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Spun Out\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Trains Still Run on Time\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Time I Have Left\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Tin Soldier Boy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Alliance Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50400681918738,"sku":"656605163628","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/4352539-3215731.jpg?v=1729116504","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/bright-eyes-five-dice-all-threes-cd","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}