"The Year I Lived in Richmond" music video animated by Aaron Sewards
"The Tooth Fairy" music video animated by Nathania Rubin
Horrible Occurrences, the new album by Advance Base,
is out now on Run For Cover / Orindal Records.
US customers can purchase Horrible Occurrences HERE.
UK/EU customers can purchase Horrible Occurrences HERE.
Find Horrible Occurrences on your preferred streaming service HERE.
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 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's new album, Horrible Occurrences, is Stereogum's Album of the Week.
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.
"It's with no exaggeration we describe Owen Ashworth as one of the most consistent and important songwriters in contemporary indie music. From the earliest Casiotone For the Painfully Alone demos to most recent Advance Base single "Little Sable Point Lighthouse", Owen has crafted a catalogue of characters and circumstances with few rivals in the modern era. His is an ever evolving body of work which stands out in its deftness and humility and empathy and care, bringing to life individuals from across the spectrum of human experience while remaining unerringly attuned to the tender, fallible heart at the centre of each."
- Various Small Flames
SHOWS:
March 19, 2025- San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill (w/ Papercuts [solo] & Dog Eyes)
March 20, 2025- Los Angeles, CA @ Scribble (w/ Barry Archie Johnson)
March 21, 2025- Merced, CA @ The Partisan (w/ Talking Ghosts)
March 28, 2025- Denver, CO @ Glob (w/ Horse Girl & Ground Hum)
April 20, 2024- Chicago, IL @ The Hideout (w/ LAKE & Wuji Bop)
April 24, 2025- Ypsilanti, MI @ Ziggy's (w/ Brett Newski)
April 25, 2025- Windsor, ON @ Meteor (w/ Crude Flame)
April 26, 2025- Hamilton, ON @ Into the Abyss (w/ Eliza Niemi, Sarah Good & Madam Sad)
April 27, 2025- Toronto, ON @ The Garrison (w/ Eliza Niemi)
April 28, 2025- Ottawa, ON @ Club Saw (w/ Eliza Niemi & Jasmine Trails)
April 29, 2025- Montreal, QC @ Toscadura (w/ Eliza Niemi, Kristine Leschper & Anna McClellan)
April 30, 2025- Quebec City, QC @ L'Anti Bar & Spectacles (w/ Eliza Niemi)
May 01, 2025- Fredericton, NB @ The Cap (w/ Eliza Niemi)
May 02, 2025- Charlottetown, PEI @ Baba's Lounge (w/ Eliza Niemi & Doug Hoyer)
May 03, 2025- Halifax, NS @ Propeller Arcade (w/ Eliza Niemi)
May 07, 2025- Blue Hill, ME @ Working Loose (w/ Lisa/Liza)
May 08, 2025- Portland, ME @ Apohadion Theater (w/ Kristin Daelyn & Lisa/Liza)
May 09, 2025- Gardiner, ME @ Table Bar (w/ Kristin Daelyn & Lisa/Liza)
May 10, 2025- Boston, MA @ Cantab (w/ Kristin Daelyn & Puppy Problems)
May 11, 2025- New Bedford, MA @ Gallery X (w/ Kristin Daelyn)
May 12, 2025- Beacon, NY @ The Yard (w/ Kristin Daelyn)
May 13, 2025- New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge (w/ The Bird Calls & Kristin Daelyn)
Booking: adam@firstdatetouring.com
LINKS:
Instagram // Soundcloud // Bandcamp // YouTube // Orindal Webstore
PRESS:
Chicago Reader // The Rumpus // Spin // All Music // Consequence of Sound // Ghettoblaster // Sound of Confusion // AV Club // Impose // MOJO // Pitchfork //
Beats Per Minute // Music OHM // PopMatters // Performer // Beats Per Minute // Night Mail // Liberation // Stereogum (2) // Portland Mercury // NPR // Vice // Consequence of Sound (2) // The Fader // Talkhouse // Various Small Flames // Medium // God is in the TV // The Skinny // Clash Magazine // Last Donut of the Night // The Fader (2) // GoldFlakePaint // Stereogum (3) // Various Small Flames (2) // Paste Magazine // Chicago Reader (2) // Chicago Reader (3) // Talkhouse (2) // Various Small Flames (3)
PHOTOS
LYRICS
CONTACT:
Owen Ashworth
P.O. Box 3104
Oak Park, IL 60303
U.S.A.
advancebase@gmail.com