Key facts
- Origin
- Omaha, Nebraska , United States
- Genres
- Indie folk indie rock folk rock emo emo - folk alternative country
- Years active
- 1995–2011, 2020–present
- Labels
- Saddle Creek Wichita Polydor (outside North America) Dead Oceans
- Spinoffs
- Desaparecidos Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band Better Oblivion Community Center Monsters of Folk
- Spinoff of
- Commander Venus
- Members
- Mike Mogis Conor Oberst Nate Walcott
- Website
- thisisbrighteyes.com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- musical group
- Has part
- Nate Walcott
- Genre
- reggae
- Country of origin
- United States
- Record label
- Saddle Creek Records
- Official website
- thisisbrighteyes.com
- Image
- Bright Eyes.jpg
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- Commons category
- Bright Eyes (band)
- Commons gallery
- Bright Eyes
- location of formation
- Omaha
- inception
- 1995-01-01
- start of work period
- 1995-00-00
- social media followers
- 54000
- name
- Bright Eyes
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Encyclopedic overview
Bright Eyes is an American indie rock band founded in Omaha, Nebraska by singer-songwriter and guitarist Conor Oberst. It consists of Oberst, multi-instrumentalist and producer Mike Mogis, arranger, composer, trumpet and piano player Nate Walcott, and a rotating line-up of collaborators drawn primarily from Omaha's indie music scene.
Between 1998 and 2011, the band's albums were released through Saddle Creek Records, a Nebraska-based label founded by Justin Oberst (Conor's brother) and Mogis. In January 2020, the band announced their return, having signed with Dead Oceans. Their most recent album, Five Dice, All Threes, was released in September 2024.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bright Eyes” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.