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
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:
May 15- Santa Fe, NM @ Ghost (w/ Karima Walker)
May 16- Albuquerque, NM @ Minnow DIY (w/ Karima Walker)
May 17- Silver City, NM @ Power and Light Press (w/ Karima Walker)
May 18- Tucson, AZ @ House show (w/ Karima Walker)
May 19- Phoenix, AZ @ Trunk Space (w/ Karima Walker
May 20- Oracle, AZ @ Linda Vista Arts Ranch (w/ Karima Walker)
May 22- San Diego, CA @ 61st House Ever Built (w/ Karima Walker)
May 23- Los Angeles, CA @ Scribble (w/ Tara Jane O'Neil & Karima Walker)
May 24- Ojai, CA @ Greater Goods (w/ Tara Jane O'Neil & Karima Walker)
May 25- Santa Cruz, CA @ Crepe Place (w/ Village of Spaces & Karima Walker)
May 26- San Francisco, CA @ Makeout Room (w/ Tara Jane O'Neil & Karima Walker)
May 28- Ashland, OR @ Rogue Valley Unitarian (w/ Karima Walker)
May 29- Portland, OR @ Turn! Turn! Turn! (w/ Cave Cricket & Karima Walker)
May 30- Eugene, OR @ John Henry's (w/ Karima Walker)
May 31- Seattle, WA @ Vera Project (w/ Karima Walker)
June 01- Bellingham, WA @ Camp Tummy (w/ Natalie Day & Karima Walker)
June 02- Vancouver, BC @ Red Gate (w/ Dan Wriggins & Karima Walker)
June 03- Victoria, BC @ Little Fernwood (w/ Dan Wriggins & Karima Walker)
June 05- Calgary, AB @ The Palomino (w/ Dan Wriggins)
June 06- Edmonton, AB SoHo (w/ Dan Wriggins)
June 07- Saskatoon, SK @ Black Cat Tavern (w/ Dan Wriggins)
June 08- Regina, SK @ The Cure (w/ Dan Wriggins)
June 09- Winnipeg, MB @ The Handsome Daughter (w/ Dan Wriggins)
June 27- Chicago, IL @ Hungry Brain (w/ The Bird Calls)
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