Phoebe Bridgers and Conor Oberst share Better Oblivion Community Center video for “Dylan Thomas”
The duo surprise-release their collaborative album last week, and will soon head out on tour.
Better Oblivion Community Center is the duo of FADER cover star Phoebe Bridgers and Conor Oberst of Bright Eyes, who shook up the folk-rock world last week with their surprise-released and very excellent LP, also titled Better Community Oblivion Center. If that name sounds a bit cult-y to you, the band apparently agrees, judging from its depiction of the titular Center in the video for "Dylan Thomas." Bridges and Oberst follow a flier into a house with spooky vibe thanks to its candles, guitar-shredding angel, blindfolded VR subjects, and a tweaked-out scientist monitoring it all. Michelle Zauner of Japanese Breakfast (also a FADER cover star) directs.
This winter, Better Oblivion Community Center will embark on a big worldwide tour. The dates kick off in Tucson, Arizona on March 8 and conclude in Manchester, England on May 12. See the full itinerary below, and read The FADER's review of Better Oblivion Community Center here.
Better Oblivion Community Center tour dates
3/08 - Tucson, AZ - Rialto Theater #
3/09 - Las Vegas, NV - Bunkhouse #
3/10 - San Diego, CA - Music Box #
3/11 - San Luis Obispo, CA - Fremont Theater #
3/14 - Los Angeles, CA - Teragram Ballroom #
3/15 - San Francisco, CA - August Hall #
3/16 - Portland, OR - Doug Fir #
3/17 - Seattle, WA - Neumo's #
3/19 - Salt Lake City, UT - Metro #
3/20 - Denver, CO - Bluebird # *
3/21 - Omaha, NE - Slowdown # *
3/22 - Minneapolis, MN - Fine Line # *
3/23 - Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall # *
3/25 - Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom # *
3/26 - Pittsuburgh, PA - Mr Smalls # *
3/28 - Boston, MA - The Sinclair # *
3/29 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom # *
3/30 - Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg # *
3/31 - Providence, RI - Columbus Theater # *
4/02 - Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer # . *
4/03 - Washington, DC - Black Cat # *
4/04 - Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle # *
4/05 - Asheville, NC - Grey Eagle # *
4/06 - Atlanta, GA - Terminal West # *
4/07 - Nashville, TN - Basement East # *
4/09 - Austin, TX - Mohawk # *
4/10 - Dallas, TX - Trees Lounge # *
4/12 - Santa Fe, NM - Meow Wolf # *
4/13 - Phoenix, AZ - Crescent # *
4/29 - Helsinki, Finland -The House of Culture
5/01 - Oslo, Norway - Rockerfeller
5/02 - Stockholm, Sweden - Berns
5/03 - Copenhagen, Denmark - Vega
5/05 - Berlin, Germany - Columbia Theater
5/06 - Cologne, Germany - Kantine
5/07 - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso
5/08 - Antwerp, Belgium - De Roma
5/10 - Bristol, UK - 02 Academy Bristol
5/11 - London, UK - Shepherd's Bush Empire
5/12 - Manchester, UK - Ritz
# - support from Christian Lee Hutson
* - support from Lala Lala