Bright Eyes’ show at the Uptown had grace, weight, and symmetry

Bright Eyes‘ stop at the Uptown, in support of what’s reportedly the last Bright Eyes album, The People’s Key, opened as it should have: with cold electric strums and Conor Oberst’s quavering voice. That’s how the Omaha, Nebraska project began in 1995, in the Oberst family basement; and, on what’s basically Bright Eyes’ farewell tour, that’s how it ended, too. (Ha: I believe in symmetry.)