Bright Eyes share new track ‘Rainbow Overpass’

Bright Eyes have shared another preview of their forthcoming new album; this time, in the form of ‘Rainbow Overpass’.

Much like its title, the track has a bold demeanour, propelled into life by its commanding acoustic guitar and big choruses. It also features Alex Orange Drink of The So So Glos, who helped to co-write the track: “Alex and I wrote a lot of the songs together, but ‘Rainbow Overpass’ is the only one he gets [to sing] a verse,” Bright Eyes’ Conor Oberst has said, of the track. “He’s kinda like my hype man, getting a little Beastie Boys on the shit! They grew up on punk rock and the Beasties, so there are a lot of little bursts of other voices. I like that. It creates energy. Sometimes music can feel flat until you get into a live situation, when there’s adrenaline and raw energy. Instead of working in reverse, where that happens as we tour, I was trying to get some of that energy onto the record.”

The track gets lifted from the Nebraskan band’s tenth studio album, ‘Five Dices, All Threes’, which is due for release on 20th September via Dead Oceans, and follows on from the trio’s 2020 LP ‘Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was. 

Listen to ‘Rainbow Overpass’ below, and remind yourself of the band’s upcoming live plans - that include a handful of UK and European shows, tickets for which are on sale now - underneath the player.