Owen - The Avalanche (Cloudy Clear Vinyl)

Owen - The Avalanche (Cloudy Clear Vinyl)Mike Kinsellas work over the years with his various musical endeavors has been nothing short of foundational, from early days with Capn Jazz right up until recently with American Footballs unforeseen and excellent second act. Even with his long list of contributions to course setting bands, Kinsella never reveals more of his internal world than he does with the softly drawn songs of his long running solo project Owen. With new album The Avalanche, he

and our jack-of-all-trades Matt Douglas picking up everything else

and James Krivchenia (drums)

ethic of the Dischord and SST eras

Sebadoh and more

the album isn’t as insular as its predecessor

and the lyricism makes this very clear: ‘Regrettable Thrill’ for example lends more to a bleakly Scottish sense of humour and world-weariness that could only be Gillies

reminiscent of producer Butch Vig’s work with Garbage and Nirvana

muffled piano and chatter at the end of “Bottle Episode” were taken from the hall outside of one of their recording spaces

IL and is out in October on Fire Talk

A run of ground-breaking club EPs between 2020 and 2022 built momentum and culminated in their breakthrough club single

the first female DJ to headline Ushuaïa Ibiza

Molchat Doma gained a following with earlier albums that sound like third-generation bootlegs of banned recordings from the Eastern Bloc