Warm & soft, this album by Owen was enjoyable. However, I think it lacked depth and wasn't as emotionally powerful as some of Mike's other work. Its still a fine album, and if your into pretty folk music I'm sure youll enjoy this more than I did, but to me it just felt kinda meh. I also want to point out that there were a couple moments in the lyrics that stood out as not making sense at all, notable the very beginning of I Should've Known. If I were to talk about the positives of the ... read more
[July Challenge] July 2
There was a saying I was recently taught in my native language. "Kung may tiyaga, may nilaga." It's an idiom stating that if you put enough work into something in life, a reward would come to you in one way. This phrase was in the back of my head after listening to Owen's The Avalanche. The day before, I knew that I should've chosen something more uplifting after my last review but.. fuck lmao guess that's going to be impossible. Anyways, here's my take on ... read more
I thought that I had this record, but I couldnt find it, so I have been listening to it online lately.. i keep thinking that I need to buy this record since I own all of his stuff except this one. But hey! I just found it today. I opened it up and threw it on. I knew(I thought) that I owned this.
Upon listening, this guy just kills it. His music is so beautiful and gentle. His singing is lovely and beautifully distant. He'll throw some violin and piano in a song against his guitar, and it ... read more
Muuuy bonito, no noté que el vocalista era el mismo que el de American football hasta que me lo dijo quien me recomendó este disco, después de eso sonaba bastante familiar.
1 | A New Muse 5:17 | 40 |
2 | Dead For Days 5:29 | 50 |
3 | On With The Show 4:10 | 72 |
4 | The Contours 5:58 | 40 |
5 | I Should've Known 3:37 | 50 |
6 | Mom And Dead 5:31 feat. KC Dalager | 40 |
7 | Headphoned 4:29 | 40 |
8 | Wanting And Willing 4:22 | 50 |
9 | I Go, Ego 5:58 feat. KC Dalager | 40 |