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I released a couple of new songs via Bandcamp the other day. They're called "How You Got Your Picture on the Wall" & "Rene Goodnight." You can buy them or just stream them, if you'd prefer. Animal Companionship by Advance Base was one of GoldFlakePaint's favorite albums of 2018. Order your copy here: http://smarturl.it/AdvanceBaseAC Animated music video for "Rabbits" made by Tom Denney. "Rabbits" is taken from the 2018 Advance Base album Animal Companionship. Photo by Jeff Marini |
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Advance Base is the melancholic soft rock recording project of Chicago, IL singer/songwriter Owen Ashworth (formerly of Casiotone for the Painfully Alone). Using a two-handed arsenal of electric piano, Omnichord, samplers, effect pedals & drum machines, Ashworth builds minimalist, heavy-hearted, & nostalgia-obsessed ballads around his conversational baritone. The warm, electronic sound of Advance Base has been described as "lo-fi," "depressed" & "weirdly uplifting." The debut Advance Base album, A Shut-In's Prayer, was released in 2012, & was one of MOJO Magazine's favorite albums of the year. PopMatters named Nephew in the Wild the #1 Indie Pop Album of 2015. Animal Companionship, the third & most recent album by Advance Base, was released September 21, 2018 by Run For Cover Records / Orindal Records. GoldFlakePaint & Various Small Flames both listed Animal Companionship among their favorite albums of 2018. Advance Base is named after the Antarctic meteorological station & psychedelic death trap that nearly killed Admiral Richard E. Byrd during the winter of 1934. All available merchandise, including t-shirts, vinyl records, & MP3s can be purchased from Orindal Records & Bandcamp. SHOWS: May 15- Santa Fe, NM @ Ghost (w/ Velvet Vision & Karima Walker) May 16- Albuquerque, NM @ Minnow DIY (w/ Karima Walker) May 17- Silver City, NM @ Power and Light Press (w/ Karima Walker) May 18- Tucson, AZ @ House show (w/ Karima Walker) May 19- Phoenix, AZ @ Trunk Space (w/ Karima Walker) May 20- Oracle, AZ @ Linda Vista Arts Ranch (w/ Karima Walker) May 22- San Diego, CA @ 61st House Ever Built (w/ Karima Walker) May 23- Los Angeles, CA @ Scribble (w/ Tara Jane O'Neil & Karima Walker) May 24- Ojai, CA @ Greater Goods (w/ Tara Jane O'Neil & Karima Walker) May 25- Santa Cruz, CA @ Crepe Place (w/ Village of Spaces & Karima Walker) May 26- San Francisco, CA @ Makeout Room (w/ Tara Jane O'Neil & Karima Walker) May 28- Ashland, OR @ Rogue Valley Unitarian (w/ Karima Walker) May 29- Portland, OR @ Turn! Turn! Turn! (w/ Cave Cricket & Karima Walker May 30- Eugene, OR @ John Henry's (w/ Karima Walker) May 31- Seattle, WA @ Vera Project (w/ Westmoreland & Karima Walker June 01- Bellingham, WA @ Camp Tummy (w/ Natalie Day & Karima Walker) June 02- Vancouver, BC @ Red Gate (w/ Dan Wriggins & Karima Walker) June 03- Victoria, BC @ Little Fernwood (w/ Dan Wriggins & Karima Walker) June 05- Calgary, AB @ The Palomino (w/ Dan Wriggins) June 06- Edmonton, AB SoHo (w/ Dan Wriggins) June 07- Saskatoon, SK @ Black Cat Tavern (w/ Dan Wriggins) June 08- Regina SK @ The Cure (w/ Dan Wriggins) June 09- Winnipeg, MB @ The Handsome Daughter (w/ Pure Pulp & Dan Wriggins) June 27- Chicago, IL @ Hungry Brain (w/ The Bird Calls)
LINKS: Instagram // Soundcloud // Bandcamp // YouTube // Orindal Webstore PRESS: Chicago Reader // The Rumpus // Spin // All Music // Ghettoblaster // Consequence of Sound // Sound of Confusion // AV Club // Impose // Pittsburgh City Paper // Louisville Weekly // MOJO // Pitchfork // Chicago Tribune // AV Club (2) // Fake Plastic Tunes // Metro Times // Beats Per Minute // 405 // Music OHM // Prefix // PopMatters // College Times // Grand Abandon // SF Guardian // Performer // Beats Per Minute // Library Journal // Tidal // The Night Mail // Liberation // PopMatters (2) // Stereogum (2) // Portland Mercury // MusicOMH // Consequence of Sound (2) // Fader // Talkhouse // Medium // Various Small Flames // GoldFlakePaint // London in Stereo // The Skinny // Clash Magazine PHOTOS LYRICS CONTACT: Owen Ashworth P.O. Box 3104 Oak Park, IL 60303 U.S.A. advancebase@gmail.com | |