"All our promises come so easy
They fill the distances to our next meeting"
~ Traveling Salesman's Young Wife Home Alone
They fill the distances to our next meeting"
~ Traveling Salesman's Young Wife Home Alone
Jinxed says: Crimes and rebel youth are the themes of the fifth album of Owen Ashworth. Sounding more organic, Owen left his casiotone, the drum-machine and hugged new instruments. Pianos, organ and even a acustic guitar are the surprises of this album. The fun "Otimist Vs. The Silent Alarm (When The Saints Go Marching In)” is the high point of the album, a piano balad with a excellent organ in the end dictate a evangelist aspect to the song. "The Choir Boy Robber, Apprehended at Ace Hardware in Libertyville, IL" is notable with a percussive piano and hip-hop beats. The old eletronic beats appears few times like in "Harsh The Herald Angels Sing", "White Jetta" and "Killers" remember how Casiotone used to be.
The album can look disappointing to older fans, but listen it to the end and listen it again will be unavoidable. This album puts Owen to a status of indie "Johnny Cash".
“We could be killers
Just for one night”
~ Killers
Jinxed says: Crimes e juventude rebel são os temas do quinto album de Owen Ashworth. Soando de forma mais orgânica, Owen deixou de lado seu casiotone, sua drum-machine e abraçou seus novos instrumentos. Pianos, orgãos e até mesmo uma guitarra acustica são algumas das surpresas deste album. A divertida "Optimist Vs. The Silent Alarm (When The Saints Go Marching In)” é o ponto forte do album, uma balada piano com um excelente orgão ao final ditando um aspecto evangélico a canção. Em destaque tambem "The Choir Boy Robber, Apprehended at Ace Hardware in Libertyville, IL" com um piano percussivo seguida de batidas de hip-hop. As batidas eletrônicas parecem poucas vezes como em "Harsh The Herald Angels Sing", "White Jetta" e "Killers" relembrando como Casiotone costumava ser.
O album pode parecer desapontador para os fãs mais antigos, mas ouça até o fim e ouvir mais uma vez vai ser inevitável. Este album eleva Owen ao status de "Johnny Cash" indie.
“I guess I’ll just quit drinking
I guess I’ll just quit smoking
Guess I’ll need some names
Alvin, William or James
Doctor, tell me you’re joking,”
~ Harsh The Herald Angels Sing
Genre: Lo-fi / Organic / Ethereal
Listen: Tom Justice, The Choir Boy Robber; Optimist Vs. The Silent Alarm;
Traveling Salesman's Young Wife Home Alone; Man O' War; Killers;
Harsh The Herald Angels Sing; White Jetta
Sounds Like: Parenthetical Girls (+/-), Johnny Cash (+/-)
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"All our promises are so fleeting,
when all I really want is you close to me,
but you were already out the door
by the time that occurred to me"
~ Traveling Salesman's Young Wife Home Alone