The new solo record by Conor Oberst will be released in the UK via Wichita Records. Stateside, Oberst has decided to release the record through Merge - home to Spoon, Arcade Fire, Lambchop as well as his longterm pal M. Ward.

It’s something of a homecoming for Oberst, who released a pair of Bright Eyes records on Wichita at the turn of the decade.

Conor Oberst will be released on August 4th. Tracklisting is as follows:
Cape Cañaveral
Sausalito
Get-Well-Cards
Lenders in the Temple
Danny Callahan
I Don’t Want to Die (in the Hospital)
Eagle on a Pole
Moab
NYC - Gone, Gone
Valle Místico (Ruben’s Song)
Souled Out!!!
Milk Thistle

The album was recorded in Mexico and produced by Andy LeMaster (REM, Drive-By Truckers, David Dondero). Oberst and his new backing band (The Mystic Valley Band) will be showcasing the new material at Reading and Leeds this year, as well as at Electric Picnic in Dublin, Connect in Scotland and the End of the Road festival.

In other Wichita records related news.. Visiter, the latest album by The Dodos (which has been getting some hardcore abuse on the TLOBF stereo lately) will be released by the label at some point in July. Good news we say. The album has been out for a while in the States courtesy of French Kiss records and it’s about time the UK caught up.

Dodos will be supporting the release with a short tour in June. Dates are:

June
01 Birmingham - Bar Academy
02 London - Hoxton Bar & Kitchen
03 London - Amersham Arms
11 Manchester - Night & Day
12 Glasgow - Beat Club
13 Dublin - Crawdaddy

You can download a track from The Dodos’ album via our free 10-Track May Playlist. Which also features Fleet Foxes, My Morning Jacket and Flight Of The Conchords. Needless to say it’s rather bloody good. Grab it here.