Today, Case Oats share “In a Bungalow," the latest single from their debut album Last Missouri Exit, out August 22. Listen to the track wherever you stream music, and get a free Case Oats pinback button when you pre-order Last Missouri Exit on CD or LP (or the discounted bundle) from the Merge store!

A hinge between childhood and adulthood, Last Missouri Exit’s pangs of homesickness overlap with the thrill of breaking for the horizon. “In a Bungalow” regards that overlap in golden-hour light, a song whose keen longing for home—its sweet springs, slow days, troubled friends and all—is only possible because Casey Gomez Walker left it in the first place.  

Gomez Walker on “In a Bungalow”:

This song is kind of a taunt set to a sweet melody. An indignant taunt. I’m wondering why people I grew up with haven’t moved on from childhood drama. I’m asking why they haven’t gotten past that stuff. But in the end, I’m no better. I want to be back in a bar with them, regressing, indulging in the sweet pain of being left behind and wronged.

Last Missouri Exit is an album that longs to be listened to while one watches the sun set from their porch swing, but its wistful, idyllic take on the Midwest isn’t nostalgia for the past—it’s what Case Oats conjured in the basement that one summer on an ad-hoc rig, a document of a band that grew together around these songs at a newfound peak of their collaborative powers. What they’ve made is warm and inviting, an album that reveals itself on first spin and grows deeper with each listen. 

Case Oats will play a number of album release shows in New York, Toronto, and Chicago this summer in addition to two festivals: Out of Space in Evanston and Americana Music Festival in Nashville. In October, the band will support Superchunk on their North American tour. Tickets are on sale now.

Case Oats on tour:
Jul 24–27 Evanston, IL – Out of Space
Aug 19 New York, NY – Nightclub 101%
Aug 20 Toronto, ON – The Drake%
Aug 22 Chicago, IL – The Hideout%
Sep 17–25 Nashville, TN – Americana Music Festival
Oct 13 Denver, CO – The Gothic Theatre*
Oct 14 Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge*
Oct 15 Boise, ID – Shrine Social Club Ballroom*
Oct 17 Seattle, WA – Tractor Tavern*
Oct 18 Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios*
Oct 19 Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios*
Oct 21 San Francisco, CA  – The Independent*
Oct 23 Los Angeles, CA  – Teragram Ballroom*

% Album Release Show
* w/ Superchunk