"The Year I Lived in Richmond" music video animated by Aaron Sewards
Horrible Occurrences, the new album by Advance Base,
is out December 6, 2024 on Run For Cover / Orindal Records.
US customers can pre-order Horrible Occurrences HERE.
UK/EU customers can pre-order Horrible Occurrences 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 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:
Dec 06, 2024- Louisville, KY @ Surface Noise (w/ Clay Cole)
Dec 07, 2024- Lexington, KY @ Green Lantern (w/ Clay Cole & Ryan Davis)
Dec 08, 2024- Nashville, TN @ Drkmttr (w/ Kyle Hamlett Uno & The Company Car)
Dec 09, 2024- Chattanooga, TN @ Woodshop
Dec 10, 2024- Knoxville, TN @ Pilot Light (w/ Super Bachelor)
Dec 11, 2024- Asheville, NC @ Static Age (w/ Colin Miller & Corey Parlamento)
Dec 12, 2024- Greensboro, NC @ Etc. (w/ Kill the Buddha & Sluice)
Dec 13, 2024- Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506 (w/ Attic Friend & Megabitch)
Dec 20, 2024- Chicago, IL @ Color Club Ballroom (w/ Karima Walker)
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)
Jan 17, 2025- Lockhart, TX @ Plum Creek Records (w/ Little Mazarn)
Jan 18, 2025- Austin, TX @ Ballroom (w/ Little Mazarn)
Jan 21, 2025- Denton, TX @ Andy's Bar (w/ Little Mazarn)
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)
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
PHOTOS
LYRICS
CONTACT:
Owen Ashworth
P.O. Box 3104
Oak Park, IL 60303
U.S.A.
advancebase@gmail.com