ADVANCE 

BASE                





 


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
Photo by Jeff Marini
































































































































































































    

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:
March 16 Bloomington, IN @ Blockhouse (w/ Young Moon & Mike Adams at His Honest Weight)
March 21 Windsor, ON @ Meteor (w/ Bitters)
March 22 Toronto, ON @ Tranzac (w/ Little Kid & Eliza Niemi)
March 23 Montreal, QC @ Casa Del Popolo (w/ Little Kid & Laughing)
March 24 Ottawa, ON @ The Rainbow Bistro
April 08 Chicago, IL @ Sleeping Village (w/ Waldemar & Al Scorch)

Booking requests: adam@firstdatetouring.com


     

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