I always thought I’d end up owning my own boat before a home.
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Owen - A Trenchant Critique
This is Owen record was tough to connect with at first. Why did one of my favorite self depreciating, drunken writers have to go off and get married and have a kid? I can’t completely be upset with him, he’s been chasing the silver lining of his life ever since I first heard him, and it’s on New Leaves that he expresses the news: He found it. He picks up from his proposal on A Bird In Hand off of At Home With, and on New Leaves, Owen, otherwise known as Mike Kinsella, shows off the sweet life. After listening to this record a number of times, it has grown on me, and makes the married lifestyle seem like less like an unattainable dream, and more like something worth to work towards. Maybe. Overall, this record shows incredible growth in his own life condition, compared to sleeping on floors, drinking too much, being too poor for anything and messy, shitty relationships of past records. I just hope that once I get there, it won’t feel like I’m just settling. |
