Channel Hop: After ending their hiatus, they signed with Dead Oceans and released their 2020 album Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was via the label, making it their first album not to be released by Saddle Creek Records.
Cowboy BeBop at His Computer: Oberst is not the only official member of Bright Eyes note though originally he was. Bright Eyes started as a continuation of his early solo recordings. A Collection of Songs and the Squadcar'96/Bill Hoover splits are entirely solo Bright Eyes releases, with Mike Mogis joining for Letting Off the Happiness as producer and various other artists contributing. The band then gradually evolved from a rotating lineup of artists with Oberst and Mogis front and center to the three-piece ensemble it's officially labelled as. In a subversion of the I Am the Band tag the media gives Bright Eyes, Oberst often points out that Mike Mogis and Nate Walcott are official members of the band, too.
