Bright Eyes is an American band consisting of singer-songwriter/guitarist Conor Oberst, multi-instrumentalist/producer Mike Mogis, Nate Walcott, and a rotating lineup of collaborators drawn primarily from Omaha's indie music scene.

While Bright Eyes remains signed to the independent label Saddle Creek Records, the band enjoys mainstream popularity that rivals that of major label bands: in 2004, the singles "Lua" and "Take It Easy (Love Nothing)" took the top two spots of Billboard's Hot 100 Singles Sales chart within two weeks of their simultaneous release.

Bright Eyes is the moniker of Omaha, NE born singer-songwriter Conor Oberst , who has been recording music since the age of 13. He released his first two albums at the age of 14 with a band called Commander Venus . After the break-up of this band in 1997, Conors main focus became Bright Eyes, and in 1998 he released the first Bright Eyes album, A Collection of Songs Written and Recorded 1995-1997 (a collection of 20 stockpiled songs) on the independent label saddle creek Records, which he had co