If you’re a Bright Eyes old-head, it’s been a very good year. Not only has it been 25 years since the release of Fevers and Mirrors , but it’s been two full decades of the twin classics I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning and Digital Ash in a Digital Urn . Still, if you’re craving actual new music from Conor Oberst, Mike Mogis, and Nate Walcott, then you’re in luck: The group’s latest EP, Kids Table , drops September 26th via Dead Oceans.

The eight-track project is described a return to the band’s roots, with the EP sprinkled with “bons mots, wordplay, and references to everyone from William Shakespeare and Salman Rushdie to Candice Bergen, Joe Strummer, and even Mrs. Peacock from Clue .” Highlights include the previously-released, ska-tastic “1st World Blues” and the Lucinda Wil

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