While the world woke up last Thursday (January 24) to news of that weird-ass Weezer covers record, another surprise came through around the same time — a new collaboration between Phoebe Bridgers and Conor Oberst called Better Oblivion Community Center.
The duo unveiled a new 10-track self-titled record to streaming services, and today we get a video for their track “Dylan Thomas” and word of a North American tour that comes to The Sinclair in Cambridge on March 28 and Providence’s Columbus Theatre on March 31. Physical copies of Better Oblivion Community Center’s LP will arrive February 2 via Dead Oceans.
The “Dylan Thomas” video, which you can view below, was directed by Japanese Breakfast’s Michelle Zauner, who states: “Phoebe Bridgers and Conor Oberst are two of my favorite songwriters and lyricists of our time, so it was an honor to get to work with them on the visuals for their new project together. As always I worked with Adam Kolodny, my DP and creative collaborator to bring this cross between an Eyes Wide Shut LA mansion party and the Great Northern Hotel to life.”
This new effort from Bridgers follows her 2018 boygenius collaboration with Lucy Dacus and Julien Baker, and we’re pretty into it.
Featured image by Nik Freitas.
Better Oblivion Community Center 2018 Tour Dates:
March 08 – Tucson, AZ @ Rialto Theater #
March 09 – Las Vegas, NV @ Bunkhouse #
March 10 – San Diego, CA @ Music Box #
March 11 – San Luis Obispo, CA @ Fremont Theater #
March 14 – Los Angeles, CA @ Teragram Ballroom #
March 15 – San Francisco, CA @ August Hall #
March 16 – Portland, OR @ Doug Fir #
March 17 – Seattle, WA @ Neumo’s #
March 19 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Metro #
March 20 – Denver, CO @ Bluebird # *
March 21 – Omaha, NE @ Slowdown # *
March 22 – Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line # *
March 23 – Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall # *
March 25 – Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom # *
March 26 – Pittsuburgh, PA @ Mr Smalls # *
March 28 – Boston, MA @ The Sinclair # *
March 29 – New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom # *
March 30 – Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg # *
March 31 – Providence, RI @ Columbus Theater # *
April 02 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer # . *
April 03 – Washington, DC @ Black Cat # *
April 04 – Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle # *
April 05 – Asheville, NC @ Grey Eagle # *
April 06 – Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West # *
April 07 – Nashville, TN @ Basement East # *
April 09 – Austin, TX @ Mohawk # *
April 10 – Dallas, TX @ Trees Lounge # *
April 12 – Santa Fe, NM @ Meow Wolf # *
April 13 – Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent # *
April 29 – Helsinki, Finland @The House of Culture
# – support from Christian Lee Hutson
* – support from Lala Lala