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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: 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 | |