Bright Eyes return with their new album Kids Table, on September 26 via Dead Oceans. Kids Table, is the follows Bright Eyes’ latest single “1st World Blues,” and their 2024 album Five Dice, All Threes.

Today the band have shared “Dyslexic Palindrome,” featuring Hurray For The Riff Raff’s Alynda Segarra, which continues a creative partnership that follows the two bands’ recent tours together and viral live duet of Bright Eyes fan-favorite, “Lua.” On “Dyslexic Palindrome,” Conor’s and Alyndra’s juxtaposing gritty and breezy vocals, coming together for a dynamic duet that examines the dark complacency of living in today’s capitalistic culture.

“Alynda Segarra is one of the most soulful people I have ever encountered,” says Conor Oberst. “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, references everyone from William Shakespeare and Salman Rushdie to Candice Bergen, Joe Strummer and even Mrs. Peacock from Clue. The album features a version of “Sharp Cutting Wings (Song to a Poet),” a cover of the Lucinda Williams’ song released the year that Oberst was born. The heart of Kids Table, “Sharp Cutting Wings (Song to a Poet),” was the first thing Oberst wanted to sing after recovering from a medical emergency in Fall of 2024 that left him battling vocal problems.

Bright Eyes
Kids Table
Tracklisting

Kids Table
Cairns (When Your Heart Belongs to Everyone)
1st World Blues
Sharp Cutting Wings (Song to a Poet)
It Always Feels Good and It Never Hurts
Dyslexic Palindrome (feat. Hurray For The Riff Raff)
Shakespeare In A Nutshell
Victory City

Bright Eyes 2025 Tour Dates

Wednesday, Aug 27 – Sonoma, CA – Gundlach Bundschu Winery *
Thursday, Aug 28 – Forest Grove, OR – McMenamins Grand Lodge *
Friday, Aug 29 – Vancouver, BC – Vogue Theatre *
Saturday, Aug 30 – Seattle, WA – Bumbershoot Festival
Monday, Sep 1 – Boise, ID – Treefort Music Hall *^
Tuesday, Sep 2 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Depot *
Wednesday, Sep 3 – Las Vegas, NV – House of Blues Las Vegas *
Thursday, Nov 27 – Singapore, Singapore – Capitol Theatre @ 7:00 PM
Wednesday, Dec 3 – Naniwa Ku, Osaka – Yogibo META VALLEY
Thursday, Dec 4 – Minato City, Tōkyō-to – EX THEATER ROPPONGI

* w/ Saintseneca
^ w/ Doug Martsch

order Kids Table by Bright Eyes HERE