Bright Eyes treated Letterman's audience to a great performance of "Jejune Stars," one of the more rocking selections from their new album The People's Key, which was released last month.
Bright Eyes'
The People's Key is available for streaming in its entirety at
NPR until its release date of February 15. The folks at NPR seem pretty keen on it:
This is the best record Bright Eyes has ever made. In fact, it's the best record the band's frontman, Conor Oberst, has ever been a part of. Publicists like to say as much any time an artist releases a new album, but in this case, it's actually true. The People's Key is a career-defining work of art.
Bright Eyes has released "Shell Games," the first song from his/their upcoming album,
The People's Key, in stores February 15, 2011 from Saddle Creek. You can grab the song for only the price of your email address, or head over to label's
website for preorder options, two of which include non-album tracks "Singularity" and "The Real World."