Lyrical Chatter: Owen - Abandoned Bridges

Heart ache, heart break; the few words that come to mind when thinking about Mike Kinsella, the man behind the solo moniker Owen. I've been a big fan of Owen since 2006, when I first started getting into music. With every release prior and afterwards, Kinsella has discussed some of the most disturbing stories you'll hear, except he can make them sound beautiful. A man with a mission behind an acoustic.

He's back at it again with the releasing of the Abandoned Bridges 7" vinyl that has found it's path to the internet like usual. The plastic includes a new track entitled 'Abandoned Bridges', along with a Wilco cover 'I'm Always In Love'. Without the lyrics in front of my eyes, this has become somewhat tricky to decipher what is being said while writing my thoughts down.

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i left the party pretty early

i thought i'd go home

drink some wine and fuck myself

i didn't want to wake you

as a man, i've known a number of loves

some of which i'll die with,

some i'm not too proud of

i've lived, loved and learned

said fire to abandoned bridges and watched them burn

here i am, i'm all yours

i've had enough small talk and irony

i've had enough hermetic misogyny

i've had enough repeating history

i've had enough so i left the part.

i pulled matt aside and said, "it's time to go."

said "fire" to a room of friends I don't know

here i am, i'm all yours

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To sum it up, Kinsella discusses about past relationships in which failed. He talks about his hatred for 'hermetic misogyny', in which means difficult to understand and hatred for females. He's had enough of repeating the same path and decided to lead a new life. He is now happily married with one child.

Owen- Abandoned Bridges [Mediafire]

a personal blog post: what the hell is going on?

I'm going to pull away from music today. Though, I'll probably wind up blending something musical into this post. Life has been very weird lately. It's just been a huge blur. For one, I think I'm going deaf. I've been told I listen to the T.V. way to loud. Oh well. Another problem: School. It's been a hard junior year. Well, sorta. I didn't make honor roll..which pissed me off due to me having all grades above an 80%. Today, I forgot to stay after for Physics extra help. I really need that. Math...man I can't stand my teacher. The class is 40 minutes long, of just the class going crazy/screaming. I'm part to blame, just not a lot.

Loveless like usual. Not talking about the My Bloody Valentine album. I'm just loveless. Nothing is seeming to work out right now. Let me turn back to about a month ago, and change things up just a tad bit. I'm a silly boy. I take things too personal and I think too much. I try to repair, yet I just damage. Who knows what's going to happen. It just gives me a headache. So if you do read this, let me know what I should do.

To the music portion: I've been listening to a lot of Owen lately. Mostly (the ep) and self titled. It's just been really chilling and relaxing. Some other rec's: Beach House-Devotion. One of the best records this month. The duet is just gorgeous. The Walkmen and Born Ruffins. Their Daytrotter sessions are lovely. I'll be posting the rest of my worst albums tomorrow (Thursday). The albums of the year/songs will be up by Christmas. Hopefully, you'll give them a chance as well.

Some other personal note: I'm looking to write for a new site. I've sent some samples to Tiny Mix Tapes. No response. I've been talking to Wonka Vision Magazine. I'm totally stoked to see what can come up of this.

Until then, cheers.
-K

Mike Kinsella + Owen= Awesome

I've been pretty lucky to see some artists/bands. Probably my favorite tour ever was the 2007 Fall tour featuring Kevin Devine, Andy Hull, and Owen. Mike Kinsella goes under the moniker of Owen. The man to me is pure genius.

For about three years now, I've come to love and respect every song Kinsella has been apart of (Joan of Arc!!) So, I was recently prowling on Youtube and found two interesting new videos. Both with different songs. One ranting about his average crowd and how they don't respect him and the other... well I don't know. Listen/Watch them. This man is going to be great (as if he isn't now).

Owen- Untitled New Song/Pietro Crespi (MP3)



Owen- The Anthropology Song (MP3)