Label: Jade Tree
Reissued 7/8/2022, Originally released 2001
im Kinsella had spent the second half of the '90s trying to shake his past by writing far-fetched concept records with his dreamy post-Cap'n Jazz band Joan Of Arc. But that band's particular brand of art-rock never quite rocked the way certain fans hoped it would-thus, when word seeped out in the fall of 2000 that Kinsella had called in his childhood friends for a band that would essentially pick up where Cap'N Jazz left off, underground circles were abuzz with the idea of a more "accessible" sound being brought forth. This did not happen. Instead, Kinsella presented his Owls: a unique four piece collective that would blend free-jazz improvisation with loose and poetic post-punk that sounded like a Boy-era U2 taking hits of homemade acid. Though it wasn't quite the scream-and-strum return to form many expected, with Owls, Kinsella and his former mates have managed to reach out to a new generation of fans who can still respect him in the morning. Even when he is singing about having sex with Jesus.
Track listing:
- What Whorse You Wrote Id on
- Anyone Can Have a Good Time
- I Want the Quiet Moments of a Party Girl
- Everyone Is My Friend
- I Want the Blindingly Cute to Confide in Me
- For Nat's Brother Whose Name I Never Knew or Can't Remember
- Life in the Hair Salon - Themed Bar on the Island
- Holy F***ing Ghost