Singer-songwriters Conor Oberst and Phoebe Bridgers announced an extensive spring tour in support of their debut self-titled album as Better Oblivion Community Center (BOCC). The tour includes a six-week U.S. leg, beginning in March, before they head to Europe in May. Coinciding with the announcement, BOCC released a music video for its lead single, Dylan Thomas.
Oberst and Bridgers sing in unison about the disenchanting spectacle of politics, propelled by a surging Nineties indie-rock riff. The video features the singers both blindfolded, performing in the midst of a group of cult-like followers. It was directed by Japanese Breakfasts Michelle Zauner.
All of this is coming less than a week after the surprise-release ofBetter Oblivion Community Center,which is available to stream and will be available in stores February 22nd.According to band-leaders Bridgers and Oberst, the album is the result of informal cowriting sessions thatve occurred on-and-off since they met in Los Angeles in 2016. The singers have toured together in the past, but in separate bands.
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Id never had the experience of writing a full record with another songwriter like this, Oberst toldRolling Stone. The whole experience was just what the doctor ordered for me to get excited about music again.
After releasing her debut solo album to widespread acclaim in the fall of 2017, Better Oblivion Community Center is yet another collaborative side-project for Bridgers, who spent the fall touring with Lucy Dacus and Julien Baker in the indie supergroup Boygenius. Bridgers is currently also working on her highly-anticipated second solo album.
I was a little self-conscious about it, she toldRolling Stone of her decision to follow her debut album with several side-projects. But then I just thought, Fuck it. This is whats happening right now.Ive done a pretty good job of letting the part of my brain win that says I should just go with whatevers happening.
Better Oblivion Community Center Tour Dates
March 8th Tucson, AZ @ Rialto Theatre
March 9th Las Vegas, NV @ Bunk Bar
March 10th San Diego, CA @ Music Box
March 11th San Luis Obispo, CA @ Fremont Theater
March 13th Los Angeles, CA @ Teragram Ballroom
March 15th San Francisco, CA @ August Hall
March 19th Salt Lake City, UT @ Metro Bar
March 20th Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater
March 21st Omaha, NE @ Slowdown
March 22nd Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line
March 23rd Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
March 25th Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom
March 26th Pittsburgh, PA @ Mr. Smalls Theatre
March 28th Boston, MA @ The Sinclair
March 29th New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
March 30th Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
March 31 Providence, RI @ Columbus Theatre
April 2nd Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
April 3rd Washington, DC @ Black Cat
April 4th Carrboro, NC @ Cats Cradle
April 5th Asheville, NC @ Grey Eagle
April 6th Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West
April 7th Nashville, TN @ Basement East
April 9th Austin, TX @ Mohawk
April 10th Dallas, TX @ Trees
April 12th Santa Fe, NM @ Meow Wolf
April 13th Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom
April 29th Helsinki, Finland @ House of Culture
May 1st Oslo, Norway @ Rockefeller
May 2nd Stockholm, Sweden @ Berns
May 3rd Copenhagen, Denmark @ Vega
May 5th Berlin, Germany @ Columbia Theater
May 6th Cologne, Germany @ Kantine
May 7th Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Paradiso
May 8th Antwerp, Belgium @ De Roma
May 11th London, England @ O2 Shepherds Bush Empire
May 12th Manchester, England @ O2 Ritz