Album Notes

All sounds made/played by Spencer.

--- Dreams, specific ones; living in the united states; dealing with 'depression'; and the human body as it relates to time, personal identity and experience.

Written and directed by Spencer Owen.
Cast, in order of appearance: electric guitar, spencer owen as the (unreliable) narrator, electronic organ, electric pedal steel guitar, electric bass, drums, acoustic guitar, accordion, synthesizer, grand piano. Many many nice things here. ---

"Although Owen lists a diverse range of musical influences such as Elvis Costello, Laurie Anderson, Stephin Merritt of the Magnetic Fields, They Might Be Giants, and even the Boredoms, his music is self-referential more than anything else. The songs produce an immediate sensation of pop familiarity, yet cannot easily be contextualized within any genre of music. At once, Owen upholds and subverts an entire tradition of formula in American popular music."
--Noel Vietor, City On A Hill.

"Making pop songs is like handiwork - you are nailing pieces of music together, hammering away and you keep hitting your finger over and over again and you're thinking, -Damn it, I just want to finish this bird-house because I know it's going to be beautiful and I'm going to get to watch my bird in it all the time.-"
--Spencer Owen