Name: The King of Whys
Brand: Owen

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Bonus disc: No

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webb485lp

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Download code: No

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Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2016-06-23

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

PIAS

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Owen

Genre GB

Alternative / Modern

Label GB

Wichita Recordings

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Owen - the acclaimed solo musical guise of singer / songwriter / multi-instrumentalist Mike Kinsella - has made an astonishing leap forward with 'The King of Whys', the first work in his two-decade-plus career to be made entirely outside of the greater Chicagoland area. Produced by S. Carey over 18 days last winter at April Base Studios in Eau Claire, WI, the album is Owen's most inspired and evocative thus far, interpolating a group dynamic into what has long been an intensely intimate sound. Songs like 'The Desperate Act' and 'Sleep Is A Myth' remain spare but with a distinctly outward shift in scope, their open-armed sonic range a perfect foil to Kinsella's evocative explorations of marriage, melancholia, and modern middle age. Fraught with hurt and wry humor, 'The King of Whys' is a portrait of a restless artist grappling with doubt and ghosts of the past but searching for meaning through candor, creativity, and an ardent need for emotional release. CD - Digipack.LP+ - Orange vinyl edition - pressed on 180 Gram transparent orange vinyl plus Download. Limited to 500 copies.

The King of Whys

Music GB