Just in time for their first-ever run of US headline dates, Case Oats are back, sharing “Bottom of an Afternoon.” The track, their first since their 2025 debut album Last Missouri Exit, is accompanied by a new music video performed, filmed, and edited by Casey Gomez Walker and Spencer Tweedy. “Bottom of an Afternoon” is also available wherever you listen to music.

“Bottom of an Afternoon” was written and performed by Casey Gomez Walker and Spencer Tweedy. Rather than stripping down their sound, this configuration of Case Oats reveals new facets to their songwriting, centering Gomez Walker’s voice in an entirely different soundscape than the one that buffeted her on Last Missouri Exit. The instrumentation, including an aching trumpet solo by Gomez Walker, laps at the frayed edges of pained memory, haunting her already disarmingly beautiful, honest sense of the lyric.

Casey Gomez Walker, on “Bottom of an Afternoon”:

This song is a mantra for grief. As a kid I read Aesop’s Fables and was comforted by the idea that there’s always a moral to draw from an experience. As an adult, I find myself calling out asking “why?”, begging for visits from ghosts, holding on to any lesson I can find in the pages of books.

Case Oats’ 2026 tour, featuring the Last Missouri Exit line-up of Casey Walker, Spencer Tweedy, Max Subar, Jason Ashworth, and Scott Daniel, kicks off this Thursday, May 7, in Columbus, OH, with further stops in Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., and Toronto, followed by dates in the EU and UK, as well as a Lollapalooza set in their hometown of Chicago. Tickets for all dates are on sale now.

Case Oats on tour:
May 07 Columbus, OH — Rumba Cafe
May 09 Brooklyn, NY — Union Pool
May 10 Philadelphia, PA — Johnny Brendas
May 12 Washington, D.C. — The Pie Shop
May 14 Cambridge, MA — Club Passim
May 15 Northampton, MA — Iron Horse
May 16 Burlington, VT — Radio Bea
May 18 Cleveland, OH — Beachland Tavern
May 19 Toronto, ON — The Drake
May 20 Detroit, MI — Lager House
May 21 Bloomington, IN — The Bishop
May 27 Trondheim, NO — Bar Moskus
May 28 Bergen, NO — Victoria Cafe & Pub
May 29 Oslo, NO — Kaktus Fest 2026
May 31 Bristol, UK — The Louisiana
Jun 01 London, UK — Waiting Room
Jun 02 Manchester, UK — Gullivers
Jun 03 Glasgow, UK — The Hug and Pint
Jun 05 Madrid, ES — Fun House
Jun 08 Barcelona, ES — Aclam
Jun 08 Valencia, ES — 16 Toneladas
Jun 09 Donostia-San Sebastian, ES — Dabadaba
Jun 21 Baltimore, MD — Metro Baltimore *
Jun 23 Pittsburgh, PA — Thunderbird Cafe & Music Hall *
Jun 24 Lancaster, PA — West Art *
Aug 02 Chicago, IL — Lollapalooza

* duo supporting S.G. Goodman

What critics are saying about Case Oats: 

"[Last Missouri Exit is] a winning set of alt-country and folk songs with warm melodies, novelistic verses, and unassuming vocals that recall Daniel Johnston and Kimya Dawson." - Rolling Stone

"What makes Last Missouri Exit exciting is its subconscious, good-natured, and affecting tribute to the Midwest and how Gomez Walker and Tweedy have grown up within it.” - Paste 

“One of the standout debuts of 2025.” – Chicago Sun-Times

“Captivating.” – NPR Music