Conor Oberst's Conor Oberst Album Art
As mentioned in April and then seconded last week via a couple of album tracks, Conor Oberst's first solo collection in a lucky 13 years is just around the corner. Oberst is calling it Conor Oberst, so it makes good sense he's also including a photo of himself on the cover. The black and white image (with some kinda Rembrandt-meets-Ansel Adams lighting) finds Mr. Bright Eyes getting shuteye at home in his cave on his favorite hammock, the missus back by the fire.
Remember, Oberst recorded the 12 new tracks in Tepoztlán, Morelos, Mexico and Merge got mystical about it: "In Tepoztlán, a place known for Aztec Magic and Extra-Terrestrial Sightings, a temporary studio was created in a mountain villa called Valle Místico at the outskirts of town." Looks like he's having an Indiana Jones moment.
Conor Oberst is out 8/5 on Merge. See Conor wide awake:
07/16 - São Paulo, Brazil @ Studio SP
07/17 - São Paulo, Brazil @ Studio SP
07/18 - Santiago, Chile @ Cine Arte Normandie
07/19 - Buenos Aires, Argentina @ La Trastienda
07/25 - Billings, MT @ Bones Brewing #
07/27 - Calgary, Alberta @ Prince's Island Park (Calgary Folk Festival)
07/29 - Vancouver, British Columbia @ Richard's on Richards &
07/30 - Seattle, WA @ Neumos &
07/31 - Bend, OR @ Midtown Ballroom &
08/01 - San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill &
08/02 - San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill &
08/03 - Santa Cruz, CA @ Rio Theatre &
08/05 - West Hollywood, CA @ Troubadour &
08/08 - Nashville, TN @ Mercy Lounge *
08/09 - Carrboro, NC @ Cat's Cradle *
08/10 - Norfolk, VA @ The NorVa *
08/11 - Philadelphia, PA @ Trocadero *
08/12 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom *
08/17 - Saratoga, NY @ Saratoga Music Festival
08/22 - Leeds, England @ Leeds Festival
08/23 - Birmingham, England @ Academy 2
08/24 - Reading, England @ Reading Festival
08/26 - Portsmouth, England @ Wedgewood Rooms
08/27 - London, England @ Electric Ballroom
08/28 - Manchester, England @ Academy 2
08/29 - Argyll, Scotland @ Hydro Connect Music Festival
08/30 - Belfast, Northern Ireland @ Spring and Airbrake
08/31 - Stradbally, Ireland @ Electric Picnic Festival
09/02 - Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Melkweg
09/03 - Brussels, Belgium @ Botanique
09/04 - Luxembourg, Luxembourg @ Den Atelier
09/05 - Zurich, Switzerland @ Rote Fabrik
09/07 - Munich, Germany @ Backstage Werk
09/08 - Zagreb, Croatia @ Studenski
09/09 - Vienna, Austria @ Arena
09/10 - Prague, Czech Republic @ Roxy
09/11 - Berlin, Germany @ Columbia Club
09/12 - Cologne, Germany @ Gloria
09/13 - Paris, France @ Nouveau Casino
09/14 - Salisbury, England @ End of the Road Festival
09/20 - Omaha, NE @ Anchor Inn
09/21 - Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium %
09/23 - Fayetteville, AR @ George's Majestic Lounge %
09/24 - Oxford, MS @ The Lyric %
09/25 - Tulsa, OK @ Cain's Ballroom %
09/27 - Austin, TX @ Zilker Park (Austin City Limits)
10/02 - Melbourne, Australia @ The Palace
10/03 - Brisbane, Australia @ Tivoli
10/04 - Sydney, Australia @ Enmore
10/05 - Sydney, Australia @ Great Escape
# w/ A Weather
& w/ Dri
* w/ Evangelicals
% w/ Jenny Lewis
Posted at 10:02 AM by brandon in Album Art, Tour Dates
Tags: Bright Eyes | Conor Oberst
This is a crazy amount of tour dates. Im looking forward to having him in the UK.
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the cover art is *totally* representative of a vagina.
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I HATE it! This dude is totally losing it. Putting yourself on the ablum cover? WTF
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Good call on the Indy reference, 'gum. I think its a cross between that, Sun Kil Moon's "April" cover and Antony & The Johnsons' "I Am a Bird Now" cover. Probably because both of those covers are in black & white too.
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well the album is called, 'conor oberst'
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Oh, man!! Conor Oberst and Jenny Lewis?!? That's gonna be sweeeeeeeet...
Well, as long as Conor plays minimally from Cassadaga and Jenny plays absolutely nothing from Under the Blacklight!!
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tylenol monkey: you need to check up on your indie bands...there has been a lot of shifting...chances are it will be Jenny Lewis and The Watson Twins (Not Rilo Kiley) and Conor Oberst and The Mystic Valley Band (Not Bright Eyes) so i wouldn't worry about either of your deepseated fears. Even though Cassadaga was the best BE album since Letting off the Happiness.
And James, one needs only to look at Motion Sickness to see that this is not the first time Conor has stooped SO LOW as to put himself on the cover of an album.
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