"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.
SHOWS:
Jan 14, 2025- Memphis, TN @ Hi Tone (w/ Pas Moi & Ben Ricketts + JVLIX)
Jan 15, 2025- New Orleans, LA @ Siberia (w/ Little Mazarn)
Jan 16, 2025- Houston, TX @ The End (w/ Little Mazarn & Trevor Reichman)
Jan 17, 2025- Lockhart, TX @ Lockhart Arts & Craft (w/ Little Mazarn & Batty Jr)
Jan 18, 2025- Austin, TX @ Ballroom (w/ Little Mazarn)
Jan 21, 2025- Denton, TX @ Andy's Bar (w/ Little Mazarn & palefire)
Jan 22, 2025- Tulsa, OK @ The Whittier (w/ Little Mazarn & Kalyn Fay)
Jan 23, 2025- Fayetteville, AR @ Pearl's Books (w/ Little Mazarn)
Jan 24, 2025- Kansas City, MO @ Farewell Cafe (w/ Little Mazarn)
Jan 25, 2025- St Louis, MO @ Chill Dawg Cove (w/ Little Mazarn)
Jan 26, 2024- Chicago, IL @ Tone Deaf Records (w/ Little Mazarn) 6PM
Mar 15, 2025- Portland, OR @ Turn! Turn! Turn! (w/ Little Kid [solo] & Half Shadow)
May 13, 2015- 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 // 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 // Stereogum (3) // The Fader (2) // Paste Magazine // Talkhouse (2)
PHOTOS
LYRICS
CONTACT:
Owen Ashworth
P.O. Box 3104
Oak Park, IL 60303
U.S.A.
advancebase@gmail.com