Owen - Windows and Doorways

Bad backs and hardwood floors
I'm so sick of waking up sore
Not knowing where I am
And this was a lot of fun
When the music meant something to someone
That didn't have a girlfriend
Well somehow, getting out the same way that the earth moves around the sun
I won't stray too far, or be gone too long

Windows and doorways, I don't know which way
to leave this room
Because I'm afraid of heights
and I'm afraid of you tonight
Those striped socks and punk rock pajamas
Some ways I changed, in most ways I'm the same

For better or worse I can't say
Only time will tell
Like an addict, I'm cursed in a good way
I've done it so long and I'm not sure how not to

The same way that the earth moves around the sun will be gravity
Pulls on everyone
Dead beats and dead friends
My god, when will it end?

 

乐队介绍；   

说实话，和很多Acoustic作品一样，好听有余，新意不大。姣好的人声、漂亮的吉他、偶尔优美的钢琴兼之。但是个人就是对于这样简单却极其悦耳的东西不能免疫，而且总是青睐有嘉。况且Mike Kinsella有着一把温暖至极的声音，溪水般缓缓地淌进你的心里。

At Home With Owen expands the minimal guitar and voice aesthetic palette that Kinsella has stuck with until now.While the strings, stand-up bass, and sharp drums add a lush dynamic to Kinsella’s songs, much of At Home With Owen veers close to a monotonous sound.

Lyrically, however, Mike has kept things familiar, wading unflinchingly into his personal life, continuing to document his struggles with courageous honesty. Yet, despite Kinsella’s willingness to leave no stone unturned, one wonders when his lyrical focus will change.

Overall, At Home With Owen is yet another fine entry into Kinsella’s discography. There is enough fine playing, and emotionally potent moments to overlook the troubling narrative. Hopefully, the corpse on the front of the disc points to the death of one phase of Kinsella’s solo career and promises something fresher the next time around.

At Home With Owen凸显了Kinsella一贯的简单的吉他和姣好的嗓音。弦乐、贝斯和鼓声为Kinsella的一些歌曲增添了更多活力，但这张专辑中的许多歌曲仍偏向于单一的乐声。

从歌词看，Mike的歌词仍是大家熟悉的题材，仍然固守于他的个人生活。尽管他不遗余力地细数生活点滴，但听者还是希望歌词的素材能有所改变。

总体来说，At Home With Owen是又一个进入Kinsella音乐世界的绝佳入口。专辑里有漂亮的吉他，强烈的情感，这足以使人忽略过于冗长的叙述。希望CD封面上的尸体标志着Kinsella独唱生涯的结束，也预示着下张专辑能有更新鲜的素材。

Owen - At Home With Owen

Label: Polyvinyl Records
Country: US
Released: November 7, 2006
Style: Singer/Songwriter, Acoustic, Indie Rock, Psychobilly
（注：Psychobilly，迷幻山区摇滚，朋克、摇滚与美国南方Hillbilly的混杂。）

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