Description

Anyone vaguely familiar with Kinsellas musical lineage (Capn Jazz, American Football, Owls) knows hes far from a one-note musician. On new album, LAmi du Peuple, he expands his repertoire as a solo songwriter to include a touch of female vocals, pounding drums, and even duelling electric guitar lines.

The variety of sounds featured on LAmi du Peuple can largely be attributed to a new approach Kinsella took to the writing and recording process. Rather than locking himself in a room with mostly finished song ideas for a couple of weeks before emerging with a finished album, this time Kinsella involved producer Neil Strauch (Iron & Wine, Bonnie Prince Billy, Andrew Bird) from the very beginning and spaced out recording over a few month period. This enabled him to naturally bring a different mood or vibe to the material he was working on every time he entered the studio re-evaluating what had been recorded during the previous session and collaborating with Strauch on the direction new songs should take. As a result, LAmi du Peuple sounds markedly different than any album Kinsella has released under the Owen moniker.

[Mike Kinsellas] brand of Chicago-style melodic indie rock hasnt spoiled with age and is as married to its place as no-bullshit DC punk, or anthemic New Jersey rock Impose Magazine

Performed mostly by Kinsella, Owens soundtrack is pretty, dreamy, and poignant Mark Kozelekesque, perhaps perfectly complementing the emotional tales The Onion AV Club

180 gram black vinyl includes download code.