Stream: Bright Eyes and Neva Dinova - One Jug of Wine, Two Vessels Reissue Teaser

Just last week, we broke the news that Bright Eyes and Neva Dinova have recorded new songs for the forthcoming reissue of their collaborative EP One Jug of Wine, Two Vessels. I’ve been especially eager to hear said new Bright Eyes material, as it’s been about 3 years since any non-Monsters of Folk or Mystic Valley Band music from Conor Oberst, Mike Mogis, and friends has reached our ears. Well, we finally have a sneak peek…

Check out snippets of their new tunes “Rollerskating,” “Happy Accident,” “Someone’s Love,” and “I Know You” above.

February 16, 2010 3:00pm    Bright Eyes   Neva Dinova   Conor Oberst   Mike Mogis   Jake Bellows  

Monsters of Folk (Oberst, Mogis, Jim James, M. Ward) Speak

Bright Eyes’ Conor Oberst, My Morning Jacket’s Jim James, and M. Ward’s M. Ward have been singer/songwriter buddies for years, so it came as no surprise when details about a collaborative album came out. Those details, however, were few and all we had until today was a release date (Sept. 22) with a virtually barren official site.

Speaking to NME.com, the trio revealed that they are actually a quartet and that their forthcoming album will be, as we could’ve predicted, a stripped down affair. Bright Eyes’ Mike Mogis is not only producing the record, as previously reported, but he also performs on the songs, making the lineup very similar to Bright Eyes’ critically acclaimed I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning, which also featured James and Ward.

“The only rule we made was that we only wanted the four of us to play on it,” Oberst said of the sessions. “There were no extra hired guns, no drummers… we took turns playing drums and bass and experimenting.”

Click here to read how they are also playing up the whole “Monsters” thing by claiming the sessions at Shangri-La studios were haunted.

July 10, 2009 10:02am    Monsters of Folk   Conor Oberst   Jim James   M. Ward   Mike Mogis