O’BROTHER Covered Portishead’s “Silence”

by | Oct 10, 2016

Things are about to get hectic for O’Brother. The band are about to kick off a US trek this week supporting The Dillinger Escape Plan on their farewell tour. And if that’s not enough, they recently did a rad cover of a Portishead song.

O’Bro tackled Portishead’s track “Silence,” which comes off the group’s 2008 album Third. 

Vocalist Tanner Merritt told PopMatters,

“Third is collectively one of our favorite records and I can say personally that the bookends of this record (the opening and closing track) are my favorite. So for our first time ever recording a cover, we decided to do two. Silence is part one of this two part series that we self-recorded in our rehearsal space for shiggles, and we had a blast learning and recreating and paying homage to one of the best bands.”

O’Brother will be out supporting their latest album, Endless Light.

O’Brother tour dates:

w/ The Dillinger Escape Plan
Oct 12 Baltimore, MD @ Baltimore Soundstage
Oct 13 Providence, RI @ Fete Music Hall
Oct 14 Poughkeepsie, NY @ The Chance Theater
Oct 15 New York, NY @ Webster Hall
Oct 17 Pontiac, MI @ The Crofoot Ballroom
Oct 18 Cleveland, OH @ House Of Blues
Oct 19 Indianapolis, IN @ The Vogue
Oct 20 Sauget, IL @ Pop’s Nightclub
Oct 21 Lawrence, KS @ Granada
Oct 22 Denver, CO @ Marquis Theater
Oct 23 Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge
Oct 25 Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
Oct 26 Portland, OR @ Dante’s
Oct 27 Berkely, CA @ The UC Theatre
Oct 28 San Diego, CA @ Brick By Brick
Oct 29 Las Vegas, NV @ Beauty Bar
Oct 30 Los Angeles, CA @ The Regent
Oct 31 Phoenix, AZ @ The Marquee
Nov 01 El Paso, TX @ Tricky Falls
Nov 03 San Antonio, TX @ Paper Tiger
Nov 04 Dallas, TX @ Trees
Nov 05 Austin, TX @ Sound On Sound Festival
Nov 06 Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall
Nov 07 New Orleans, LA @ Southport Hall
Nov 09 Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ Revolution
Nov 10 St. Petersburg, FL @ State Theatre
Nov 11 Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse
Nov 12 Wilmington, NC @ The Throne Theatre
Nov 13 Knoxville, TN @ The Concourse
Nov 15 Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
Nov 16 Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club
Nov 17 Burlington, VT @ Club Metronome
Nov 18 Huntington, NY @ The Paramount
Nov 19 Hartford, CT @ The Webster

Photo: @kayla_surico

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