Conor Oberst Announces New Album Ruminations
Conor Oberst has announced a new solo album called Ruminations, out October 14 via Nonesuch. Below you can find the album’s artwork, tracklist, and Oberst’s current tour dates. The songs were recorded last winter at ARC Studios in Omaha, Oberst’s hometown, and were all laid down within a period of 48 hours. They feature Oberst playing by himself.
In a press release, Oberst shared a statement on the new record’s circumstances:
I wasn’t expecting to write a record. I honestly wasn’t expecting to do much of anything. Winter in Omaha can have a paralyzing effect on a person but in this case it worked in my favor. I was just staying up late every night playing piano and watching the snow pile up outside the window. Next thing I knew I had burned through all the firewood in the garage and had more than enough songs for a record. I recorded them quick to get them down but then it just felt right to leave them alone.
Ruminations:
01 Tachycardia
02 Barbary Coast (later)
03 Gossamer Thin
04 Counting Sheep
05 Mamah Borthwick (A Sketch)
06 The Rain Follows the Plow
07 A Little Uncanny
08 Next of Kin
09 You All Loved Him Once
10 Till St. Dymphna Kicks Us Out
Conor Oberst:
08-18 Grand Island, NE – 309 N. Pine Street
08-20 Lyons, CO – Rocky Mountain Folk Festival
09-28 San Luis Obispo, CA – Fremont Theater *$
10-01 San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore *@
10-02 Pomona, CA – Glasshouse #
10-03 Las Vegas, NV – Brooklyn Bowl #
10-05 Santa Fe, NM – The Bridge at Santa Fe Brewing #
10-07 Dallas, TX – Granada Theater #
10-08 Austin, TX – Austin City Limits
11-06 Nashville, TN – The Ryman
11-17 Toronto, Ontario – Massey Hall
11-23 New York, NY – Carnegie Hall ^
11-26-27 Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall
12-09-10 Los Angeles, CA – The Cathedral Sanctuary
* with Miwi La Lupa
$ with Anna McClellan
@ with Jim James
# with Pearl Charles
^ with Simon Joyner
Watch the “City on the Hill” music video for Conor Oberst’s band Desaparecidos via Pitchfork.tv:
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