A long-dormant chapter of Omaha's indie rock history is about to come back to life.
Bright Eyes has announced a fall North American tour with a very special opening act: Lullaby for the Working Class, the influential folk-rock group that helped shape the careers of several future Bright Eyes collaborators. The run marks Lullaby for the Working Class' first North American tour in 16 years and only its second live reunion this century.
"Bright Eyes is back on the road this fall, touring select US cities with Lullaby for the Working Class!" the band announced on Instagram. Tickets go on sale to the general public on June 26.
For guitarist, producer and longtime Bright Eyes member Mike Mogis, the tour is much more than a reunion. Before becoming one of the creative forces behind Bright Eyes, Mogis co-founded Lullaby for the Working Class with Ted Stevens in 1994 as an acoustic alternative to the louder punk and rock bands they had been playing in.
"I learned so much from my time with Ted and Lullaby, both as a musician and engineer/producer, that I would go on to employ heavily when I started working with this weird, little kid who Ted was friends with named Conor," Mogis wrote. "We also took Conor on some of the earliest Bright Eyes tours opening for Lullaby and us acting as his backing band."
Those early connections would prove pivotal. Mogis, Stevens and later multi-instrumentalist Nate Walcott all became integral members of Bright Eyes, helping Conor Oberst transform the project from a lo-fi solo endeavor into one of the defining indie rock bands of the late 1990s and 2000s. Albums including I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning, Lifted and Cassadaga established Bright Eyes as one of the era's most acclaimed acts, while Oberst emerged as one of indie music's most celebrated songwriters.
"Mike and I had always been friends and he was playing in Lullaby and he really liked the first [Bright Eyes] CD but his main complaint was how bad it sounded," Oberst recalled in a 2000 interview. "He approached me one day and said 'If you want I'll record you for free and I think it'd be cool because I like your songs.' I was like 'Woah, sure.'"
Meanwhile, Lullaby for the Working Class quietly earned a devoted following of its own through its delicate blend of folk, chamber pop and indie rock. Although the group disbanded in 1999, its influence lived on through the musicians who carried its collaborative spirit into Bright Eyes and numerous other projects.
The band reunited only once before, performing at the 2010 Concert for Equality in Omaha, an event organized by Oberst in opposition to a controversial anti-immigration law passed in Nebraska.
"That is the only time we played this century!" Mogis wrote. "So I am extremely excited to tell you guys that we are going on tour again. The tables have turned so we will be opening for Bright Eyes but we will still all be playing together for both sets just like the old days."
For fans who have followed the intertwined histories of both bands, the upcoming tour offers something far more meaningful than a typical opening set. Sixteen years after their last North American outing, Lullaby for the Working Class is returning alongside the very band it helped inspire, bringing one of indie rock’s most influential musical families back together on stage.
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