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Owen
New Leaves
Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock

Track Listings (10) - Disc #1
1. New Leaves
2. Good Friends, Bad Habits
3. A Trenchant Critique
4. Never Been Born
5. Amnesia and Me
6. Brown Hair in a Bird s Nest
7. Too Scared to Move
8. The Only Child of Aergia
9. Ugly on the Inside
10. Curtain Call

CD Details

All Artists: Owen
Title: New Leaves
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Polyvinyl Records
Original Release Date: 1/1/2009
Re-Release Date: 9/22/2009
Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock
Style: Indie & Lo-Fi
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 644110018328

Synopsis

Product Description

Much has changed for Mike Kinsella (American Football, Joan of Arc, Cap n Jazz) since 2006 s solo album At Home with Owen. As he began writing his fifth album, Kinsella became a husband and a father. New Leaves, like its title suggests, is a new beginning for Mike Kinsella/Owen. Recorded over the course of two years by multiple engineers such as Tim Iseler (Wilco), Brian Deck (Iron and Wine), and Graeme Gibson (Califone), New Leaves retains elements of earlier Owen material - but here, instead of lamenting failed relationships, Kinsella focuses on the new beginnings they allow.

CD Reviews

There's a kid somewhere discovering american football...

tabby | bi-coastal usa | 09/26/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"who will be amazed by mike kinsella's honesty... and then move on to discover owen (or vice versa) and the other amazing bands that coincide with the evergrowing kinsella catalog. the great thing about owen is that no matter where you start you always feel welcomed. the music really provokes a certain feeling of comfort even when he is talking about a real downer situation. that's the real pull all of his records have on me. the music is enchanting,dreamy, yet the lyrics bring us to a differnt place, but you don't feel like you're going to be sucked into a complete sob story as is the case with most storytelling artists. it's a celabration of all the things that keep you up at night! like for sirious, chances are if you've stumbled across this record you already know who this artist is or the selections of which brought you here are of a similar category, so therefore i don't need to classify New Leaves into any specific genre or break it down track by track because i'm too lazy to go into an over abundance of detail (and a bit hazy by now sulking in my misery and drowning in intoxication...i'm joking). point in case, no one has reviewed this record yet and i wonder why. there's one more thing i have to keep me up at night.

p.s. - for a 5'th LP this album is amazing, i don't know if i mentioned that... so if you are able and willing---> support talented artists before the quality of production suffers and distribution becomes daunted by the weight of currency :("