Owen’s covers album Other People’s Songs is out next Tuesday, December 2nd via Polyvinyl Records. This week The AV Club is streaming the album in full ahead of release date for any music lovers looking for the perfect soundtrack to baste the turkey to, or perhaps a temporary respite from the wondrous sound of your aunt and uncle loudly arguing about Obamacare over the din of a football beer commercial.
Stream Other People’s Songs in full via The AV Club
Other People’s Songs features selections from artists including Against Me!, Depeche Mode, The Promise Ring, Lungfish, and more, all recorded this spring in Chicago with trusted producer Neil Strauch. With the help of female vocalist Sarah Mitchell, as well as occasional touches of violin and cello, Owen (Mike Kinsella) transforms each selection in unique and surprising ways.
“Under The Blanket (The Smoking Popes)” via Stereogum
“Borne On The FM Waves Of The Heart (Against Me!)” via Noisey
“Judas (Depeche Mode)” via Alternative Press
Pre-Order Other People’s Songs via Polyvinyl Records
Mike Kinsella has spent nearly his entire life (give or take those first 12 years or so) playing with some of the most influential bands of the last couple decades. Indeed, an entire generation of musicians is indebted to his time in groups including Cap’n Jazz, American Football, and Owls. After each of those bands dissolved for one reason or another, Kinsella took to recording under the pseudonym Owen and has slowly and steadily built up a solid catalog of releases under this solo project. Among other critical praise his work has been lauded by SPIN for its “disarming intimacy,” and Magnet labeled Kinsella “the most innovative guitarist of his mid-to-late ’90s indie-rock cohort.”
Please contact us if you are interested in hearing or learning more about Other People’s Songs.
Other People’s Songs Track Listing:
01 – Descender (Lungfish)
02 – Girl in a Box (Blake Babies)
03 – Some Kinda Angel (Mojave 3)
04 – Forget Me (The Promise Ring)
05 – Judas (Depeche Mode)
06 – Just Like Them (ALL)
07 – Borne on the FM Waves of the Heart (Against Me!)
08 – Under the Blanket (The Smoking Popes)
Upcoming Tour Dates:
12/10/14 – San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill
01/03/15 – Chicago, IL @ Schubas Tavern (10 Year Celebration of I Do Perceive & EP)
