Today Owen announces the new album The Falls of Sioux, co-produced by Sean Carey (Bon Iver) and Zach Hanson (Bon Iver, Low, Waxahatchee) and out April 26th on Big Scary Monsters. As the solo vehicle for the widely influential songwriting of Mike Kinsella (who’s prolific output includes roles along the way in American Football, Cap’n Jazz, LIES and other collaborative ventures), Owen has charted the evolution and sharpening of his craft with each new chapter. Along with today’s announcement we are also treated to the lead single and video for ‘Beaucoup’. A song that exemplifies the ways in which Kinsella’s sound palette has been influenced heavily by his recent work with his cousin Nate in their boundary-pushing group LIES. Experimenting with the limits of electronic production inspired Kinsella to lean into sounds he hadn’t considered before when writing for Owen. On ‘Beaucoup’, acoustic guitar strums are slowly washed up against by a bedding of shoegaze texture, a deep synth bass sequence, and waves of noisy electronics.
The music video was filmed in a private Chicago speakeasy, hidden behind a door inside of a janitor’s closet. “I’m not sure if ‘Beaucoup’ is a lusty Love Song or a lovely Lust Song,” says Kinsella. “Everyone at Weird Life did a great job capturing the seedy side of it, as well as the shimmery / flirty side, visually hitting (and bending) the same note between the notes for the music video.”
US tour dates:
Apr 25th | Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle
Apr 29th | Providence, RI @ Alchemy
Apr 30th | Hamden, CT @ Space Ballroom
May 1st | Boston, MA @ Sonia
May 2nd | New York, NY @ Sultan Room
May 3rd | Philadelphia, PA @ Philadelphia Ethical Society
May 4th | Washington, DC @ Songbyrd
June 3rd | Barcelona, ES @ Heliogàbal
June 8th | London, UK @ Oslo
June 9th | Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club
July 24th | San Diego, CA @ Voodoo Room
July 25th | Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo
July 26th | San Francisco, CA @ Bottom Of The Hill
Aug 5th | Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios
Aug 6th | Seattle, WA @ Madame Lous
Aug 22nd | Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Tavern
Aug 23rd |Buffalo, NY @ Ninth Ward
Aug 24th | Pittsburgh, PA @ Club Cafe
Aug 25th | Columbus, OH @ Ace of Cups
Album track-list
1. A Reckoning
2. Beaucoup
3. Hit and Run
4. Cursed ID
5. Virtue Misspent
6. Mount Cleverest
7. Qui Je Plesante?
8. Penny
9. With You Without You
Owen – The Falls of Sioux // Big Scary Monsters – 26/04/24
Photo credit – Alexa Viscius