Bright Eyes - The People's Key - Fire Orange Splatter Vinyl Record
The People's Key, released in 2011, is Bright Eyes at their most cosmic. Conor Oberst, Mike Mogis and Nate Walcott traded much of the folk and country of earlier records for synths, chiming guitars and a sharper rock pulse, with songs that wrestle with religion, history and humanity's place in the universe. Spoken passages from Denny Brewer of the band Refried Ice Cream thread the album together, starting with the monologue that opens Firewall.
Shell Games and Jejune Stars are among the most direct rock songs the band ever made, while Ladder Song is a spare piano ballad that stands with Oberst's most affecting work. It was also the last Bright Eyes album for nine years, until Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was arrived in 2020, which gives it extra weight in the catalogue.
This Dead Oceans reissue presses the album on fire orange splatter vinyl that matches its blazing energy. A strong pick for anyone filling out their Bright Eyes collection.
Side A
1. Firewall
2. Shell Games
3. Jejune Stars
4. Approximate Sunlight
5. Haile Selassie
Side B
1. A Machine Spiritual (In the People's Key)
2. Triple Spiral
3. Beginner's Mind
4. Ladder Song
5. One for You, One for Me
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Bright Eyes - The People's Key - Fire Orange Splatter Vinyl Record
