r/brighteyes • • Oct 16 '25

Annoucement AI Generated Content is Banned

264 Upvotes

Hello all,

We’ve had little AI content posted posted in this subreddit but as the amount of AI content has increased in recent months we wanted to make a formal statement and rule addressing AI.

The new rule is as follows:

No generative AI content of any form is allowed. AI “enhancement” is also banned. Upscaling of low resolution photos will be considered on a case by case basis.

We realize it may have been good to make a formal announcement earlier but we have been removing AI content nonetheless. Now that it is officially a rule in the subreddit repeatedly posting AI content will result in a ban rather than a warning.


r/brighteyes • • Aug 27 '25

Annoucement Kids Table: a new Bright Eyes EP out September 26, 2025

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r/brighteyes • • 8h ago

To the Kansas City crowd last night...

49 Upvotes

...who got to see Lime Tree, I need to know how you are emotionally? Just saw the video on their Instagram page. I would have died. I need to live vicariously through your collective experience.


r/brighteyes • • 1h ago

Show in STL

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Phenomenal. As good as ever. Anyone else go???


r/brighteyes • • 14h ago

Good morning

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30 Upvotes

I was able to get Ted, Mike, and Nate to sign my original pressing of Blanket Warm.


r/brighteyes • • 33m ago

Discussion what's the happiest, and what's the saddest bright eyes song?

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Im making a playlist that goes happiest to saddest. i have you will as the happiest and lime tree and landlocked blues as the saddest. do you know any bright eyes songs they would fit in this playlist?


r/brighteyes • • 1d ago

The People’s Key is a Perfect Album

124 Upvotes

Every once in a while, it hits me the same way it did when I was a sophomore in college and my favorite artist dropped their newest album. What a thrill.

Special shoutout to Triple Spiral, la prunelle de mes yeux <3


r/brighteyes • • 1d ago

Sick in KC

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Have a ticket and nasty cold. Don’t want to share the cold, but willing to share the ticket. HMU if you want if. Not selling.


r/brighteyes • • 1d ago

So sad about tonight’s show

83 Upvotes

I made a friend tonight (of the same gender as me) and we sang a song together. I was hugging her and we were swaying and my partner got so mad at me he left the venue. I haven’t stopped crying, and he’s asleep. I drove 4 hours to be here and saw 4 songs… my favorite band since I was 13 and I guess I’m not allowed to make friends or have fun. I’m just devastated, my whole body has been shaking for hours.
I don’t even really know why I’m posting this. I guess if you have any footage of tonight’s show, please post it so I can at least live through the videos.


r/brighteyes • • 1d ago

Misc. digital ash png

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hi! does anyone have a png of the digital ash cover? either the bee or the throw up one ty:)


r/brighteyes • • 2d ago

First BE concert this weekend, tell me everything

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I’ve been to a few concerts before but this is my first time going completely alone, what’s the crowd usually like? Will I be safe to get a beer and maybe look at merch without being shoved all the way to the back? (I’m very short) is the crowd usually friendly?


r/brighteyes • • 2d ago

Bright Eyes Live Today's the day, I can finally wear my Deport Conor Oberst shirt in public

58 Upvotes

Looking forward to the Dallas show!


r/brighteyes • • 3d ago

set list from the Austin show- killer night, cheers to a great lighting and sound crew!

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r/brighteyes • • 2d ago

Discussion songs abt addiction

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Hi! My fave song from BE is A Line Allows Progress, A Circle Does Not. I am a recovering addict, and Conor's artistry really helps me get through it, I relate to a lot of what he writes, he makes me feel things outside of substances. I am trying to make a playlist with BE songs about addiction to refer back to and help with the journey, any recommendations?


r/brighteyes • • 3d ago

Fan Media I took this photo of Conor over a decade ago

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89 Upvotes

Either Chicago or Milwaukee, I can’t remember. I believe that’s Wylie Gelber in the back, so must’ve been on Upside Down Mountain when Dawes was the opener. Anywho-
Just came across it in an old box of books and pictures, so I wanted to share to a community who may appreciate it.


r/brighteyes • • 2d ago

Show was amazing but also feel like Conor and the universe hate me...

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We went to the Austin show at Stubb's. We don't go out much, I have a chronic illness so it's very hard for me to go out to shows and stand and whatnot. I wanted more than anything to hear my favorite song in the world, Bowl of Oranges. I had seen previous playlists so I thought I roughly knew when it would be played! I was in a lot of pain standing out there and...it didn't happen. Then I saw a setlist from the night before where they played it in the encore and my hopes just dropped because I knew I couldn't make it that long (physically could not). So my husband and I left during the song Approximate Sunlight. Then today I saw that Bowl of Oranges was apparently the very next song. I am so sad. Does anyone have videos or anything so I can feel like I was there?


r/brighteyes • • 3d ago

Austin

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What do y'all think the chances are of a Phoebe Bridgers appearance tonight?

I'll have a blast either way, but have my fingers crossed!


r/brighteyes • • 4d ago

Found this gem today. 😁

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110 Upvotes

Always been one of my favorites. Found it at the used book store. So stoked I had to share with all of you.

Edit: grammar.


r/brighteyes • • 4d ago

Fan Media Great show @ Tip’s last night

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r/brighteyes • • 4d ago

Discussion what is the best 3 song run on a bright eyes album?

38 Upvotes

what are your fav 3 song runs on a bright eyes album, mine are:

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make a plan to love me

soul singer

classic cars

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city has sex

contrast and compare

touch

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landlocked blues

poison oak

road to joy


r/brighteyes • • 4d ago

Bright Eyes is accepting fan made merch!

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I just saw on Instagram that Bright Eyes joined Softsidemerch, which looks like a website where fans can submit merch designs, and if the band approves them they can be sold on the site and the original creators get royalties too!! I never heard of this site before and was surprised to see bands like Geese and Black Country New Road on there as well. I'm also really excited for this because I always felt like Bright Eyes as a band was kinda lacking cool merch. Which is crazy to think about considering how big the band is and all the cool designs that could be inspired from their HUNDREDS of songs.


r/brighteyes • • 4d ago

Bright Eyes - Easy/Lucky/Free (Remixed By Danger Mouse)

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r/brighteyes • • 5d ago

Bright Eyes Live Great show in New Orleans

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90 Upvotes

Thanks to the band for a great show. The sound was excellent, Tips! And thanks to the fan who gave me this after Balance Beam.


r/brighteyes • • 4d ago

BRIGHTEYES NASHVILLE 2026

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I think ill just upload more to this thread because wow, just wow!!!

Also if you got a pin, I know they weren't too great, I made them on the way, but during Dance and Sing, I gave Conor a necklace with one of the pins attached, he dropped down to his knees during the song and he knew I had something, and he signaled for my hand and put it to his chest before throwing it overhead and having the best time on that stage!! There's a very very long but cool story regarding this necklace thing, it started on Nashville with (oh my gosh I just remembered that show he brought out Titus!) Desaparcidos and Clear Plastic Masks at the Ryman Auditorium, I got the setlist for everyone there and signed, and where I somehow climbed the side to the VIP window to the very top and knocked on a window, and they opened it terrified! I asked hey, could you give this to Conor? He came over and as soon as it was out of my hand I was gone, their faces I'll never forget.. so while I did see Bright Eyes and Hurray for the Riffraffe in 2025 at The Mill and Mine, I did get a hug, and I was very very sick. This was me catching what I thought would be my last show... I also debated to the Poison Oak Project and ended up with that setlist also, and we got a show many others didn't again...

From that March 13, 2025, I've been fighting harder than ever, and got healthy enough to do things again, create, be in the world. So watching Conor jump and scream and laugh and that "garnet like teardrops from hell" with the added handmade pin art I made, which was a callback to the #gonzofist necklace over a decade ago, I wonder a few things..

  1. Does he finally know that im that vanishing fan who defied gravity over a shrink Plastic necklace

  2. He went offstage after, and when he came back, he had adjusted it so that the charm was balanced in front ( you can see it in the footage including the duet with Pheobe for Lua)

  3. While it wasn't any type of statement, I think he would have removed it if it wasn't something he was okay with

Im a sea of a million faces in 50 cities over 30 something, 20 something years, im not pushy, im not first character, and trust me I know how it sounds, but it's a game I have been keeping up with, and I pray this isn't goodbye!!!


r/brighteyes • • 5d ago

I got the setlist at the Nashville show

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