Am 15. Februar 2011 erscheint das neue Bright Eyes Album “The People’s Key”. Conor Oberst äußerte sich gegenüber Billboard.com zum Sound des neuen Albums:
“We’re over the Americana, rootsy, whatever that sound is. People say country, but I never thought were very country at all. But whatever that element is or that aesthetic is, I guess it’s worn a little thin for me these days. So we very much wanted it to be rocking and, for lack of a better term, contemporary, or modern.”
Die erste Single “Shell Games” ist heute Song of the Day und kann umsonst und legal bei Soundcloud gezogen werden.
