If you saw Conor Oberst joining Phoebe Bridgers on stage last July at 80/35, maybe you thought it would be cool if those two were in a band together. In that case, your wish has been granted in the form of Better Oblivion Community Center. It's an unwieldy band name to be sure, and serves as the title of their debut album as well. As a record, Better Oblivion Community Center loosely ties together ten songs having to do with a fictional dystopian wellness facility. Oberst and Bridgers kept quiet about the album as they recorded it last year, surprise releasing it in early 2019. The release was preceded by the appearance of a mysterious phone number on social media platforms, and enigmatic brochures and Los Angeles bus stop advertising for the Better Oblivion Community Center.
Here are the Top 30 new album releases played on Studio One Tracks for the week ending March 24, 2019:
1 Mercury Rev- Bobbie Gentry's The Delta Sweete Revisited
2 Julia Jacklin- Crushing
3 Better Oblivion Community Center- Better Oblivion Community Center
4 Cass McCombs- Tip Of The Sphere
5 Telekinesis- Effluxion
6 Mavis Staples- Live In London
7 Tedeschi Trucks Band- Signs
8 Sharon Van Etten- Remind Me Tomorrow
9 The Cactus Blossoms- Easy Way
10 Girlpool- What Chaos Is Imaginary
11 Deerhunter- Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared?
12 Steve Gunn- The Unseen In Between
13 Jessica Pratt- Quiet Signs
14 The Claypool Lennon Delirium- South Of Reality
15 Chain Wallet- No Ritual
16 Karen O & Danger Mouse- Lux Prima
17 Son Volt- Union
18 Ibibio Sound Machine- Doko Mien
19 Deer Tick- Mayonnaise
20 Beirut- Gallipoli
21 Maggie Rogers- Heard It In A Past Life
22 Anemone- Beat My Distance
23 Y La Bamba- Mujeres
24 Ex Hex- It's Real
25 Frankie & The Witch Fingers- ZAM
26 Andrew Bird- My Finest Work Yet
27 Hand Habits- placeholder
28 Emilie Kahn- Outro
29 Susto- Ever Since I Lost My Mind
30 Hugh Coltman- Who's Happy
