Odesza will close the curtain on its latest cycle when “The Last Goodbye Finale” tour kicks off with two shows, Friday and Saturday, at L.A.’s BMO Stadium.
The last shows of their 2022 album cycle for the Grammy-nominated “The Last Goodbye” are the largest outings of the act’s career, with nine dates including stops at New York’s famed Madison Square Garden and the picturesque Gorge Amphitheater in their home state of Washington. The eclectic EDM duo of Clayton Knight and Harrison Mills have no identifiable radio hits. Yet, since 2012, they’ve built one of the most fervent fan bases in electronic music with four studio albums, a handful of singles and EPs, and consistent touring.
Starting as like-minded college students at Western Washington University in 2012, the pair have become a symbiotic partnership known worldwide that lives in the space between rave culture and arena pop. Influenced as much by the Beach Boys as they are by Moby and Animal Collective, Knight and Mills traverse decades of recorded sound to craft soundscapes through samples and soaring vocal features that range from heavenly to heavy — both sonically and emotionally. Their music has taken them from tiny clubs to top-line and headlining performances at festivals including Coachella, Lollapalooza, Austin City Limits and Bonnaroo.
The music is brought to life through a cinematic production that has few parallels in modern concert presentation, creating sensory overload through large-scale .
