Bright Eyes has released the new track “Rainbow Overpass,” from their forthcoming tenth studio album, Five Dice, All Threes, which is set to arrive on September 20 via Dead Oceans. The punk-inspired anthem is driven by acoustic guitar, horns and a slew of team-up vocals featuring Alex Orange Drink of The So So Glos. The tempo speeds up, bringing an energetic vibe to the track. “Rainbow Overpass” follows the band’s previously released single “Bells & Whistles” which accompanied the announcement of the record late last month.
While talking about “Rainbow Overpass” Bright Eyes‘s frontman Conor Oberst says: “Alex and I wrote a lot of the songs together, but ‘Rainbow Overpass’ is the only one he gets [to sing] a verse. 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.”
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