Better Oblivion Community Center - Better Oblivion Community Center

Debut album by band led by Phoebe Bridgers and Conor Oberst

Better Oblivion Community Center is the 2019 release by a band comprising the formidable talents of Phoebe Bridgers and Conor Oberst, two of the most lauded American songwriters of the past several years. Written and recorded in Los Angeles during the summer of 2018, their self-titled debut album was released on Dead Oceans in early 2019.

The pair first collaborated on Bridgers' 2017 single, "Would You Rather," taken from her acclaimed debut album Stranger In The Alps. They teamed up again for a recording of Oberst's "LAX" in the fall of 2018. Co-produced by Bridgers, Oberst and long time Oberst/Bright Eyes collaborator Andy LeMaster, Better Oblivion Community Center features the work of several talented friends: Yeah Yeah Yeahs' guitarist Nick Zinner appears on two tracks (first single "Dylan Thomas" and "Dominoes") while Carla Azur (Autolux, Jack White) plays drums on half of the album.

Dawes' rhythm section Wylie Gelber and Griffin Goldsmith appear on the other half. Songwriter Christian Lee Hutson contributes guitar and Anna Butterss provides bass.

Side A

Didn't Know What I Was In For

Sleepwalkin'

Dylan Thomas

Service Road

Exception To The Rule

Side B

Chesapeake

My City

Forest Lawn

Big Black Heart

Dominos

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