Owen - The King of Whys [FULL ALBUM STREAM]

[@francisackart607]

The only Owen album recorded with a full band in a studio and not just Mike by himself at home.

[@gerardlee4319]

Is that with the rest of the football team?

[@ProbyWaN1337]

Mike is a genius. You think it can't get any better, and it always does.

[@HiddenFormula]

I do Percieve is the best Owen album IMO, or No Good for No One Now, although the more I listen to The King of Whys the more I think it's a contender for his best album. Definately the one of his most ecclectic/best produced albums and the songwriting's consistantly good (I love At Home with Owen, but always skip Femme Fatale).

[@jayse2811]

honestly each album is kinda varied enough that they all stand. No Good For No One Now is prime Owen for, yknow, break-up shit. tracks on New Leaves are beautiful glimpses into a nice relationship. Ghost Town has some valuable and poetic insights on being a father, etc. Like, I hate to choose a "best" Owen album, nor do I agree with any kind of gold standard because I don't want there to be a standard with Owen. and i highly disagree that they're overproduced and underdeveloped, to say that would be disrespectful to Mike. face it - writing an I Do Perceive or an At Home With over and over for more than a decade would be boring. Mike's mixed it up a bit, and whether you like the new albums or not is entirely up to your own opinion, not Mike - because whether you realize it or not, it's still Mike and it's still his "soul".

[@GPsgurl80]

I always loved his debut.

[@joedonohue1424]

Surprised nobody mentioned L’Ami du Peuple in this thread. I thought that album was super ground breaking sonically.

[@sheam861]

Listening to this album foe the first time and holy shit Empty Bottles is insane.

[@nuclearblackhole]

Over the years this man is still doing beautiful work. Awesome, awesome. Love it! Looking forward to the new American Football album as well.

[@PlasticFarmMusic]

honestly his best album since At Home imo. amazing

[@toddmichaeljohnson7139]

Masterpiece still in 2023.

[@bobmaget5956]

1. Empty Bottle (0:00) 9/10 2. The Desperate Act (4:25) 7/10 3. Settled Down (7:59) 7/10 4. Lovers Come and Go (11:19) 8/10 5. Tourniquet (15:33) 10/10 6. A Burning Soul (20:07) 8/10 7. Saltwater (23:37) 5/10 8. An Island (26:32) 8/10 9. Sleep Is a Myth (30:44) 10/10 10. Lost (35:12) 10/10 Overall 8.2/10 Solid album. Perhaps top 5 for me. Tourniquet is perhaps absolutely incredible. Perhaps my favorite Owen song to date. Perhaps.

[@bierce85]

8/10 good review but over usage of the word perhaps

[@jayse2811]

*8/10 good review, perhaps you over used the word perhaps

[@getterthegreat3553]

Desperate Act and Settled Down 7/10? Say what?

[@recordechoes]

5/10 for Saltwater!?

[@jayse2811]

"Bring out what's dead...and dying..." during Sleep Is a Myth at 33:45 ...a direct reference to the same line in Everyone Feels Like You from No Good For No One Now? Even if it's just a coincidence I still got chills.

[@GamerExtremeITA]

yep

[@Pearls_Have_Eyes]

the quote is 'bring out yer dead', its from monty pynthon

[@tycho-bro-hey]

Listen, Duff, you're wrong. It's a clear reference to "Bring Out Yer Dead" in Monty Python's Holy Grail. Only a true Owen fan would recognize this.

[@jayse2811]

it's a monty python reference, duffy.

[@tycho-bro-hey]

No Duff, if you bought the first-pressing of the vinyl (must be the starburst yellow/green) he thanks the Monty Python's crew if you spin the record at 200 rpm.

[@chrisalferitz4428]

Excellent! I really love this band.

[@shu7927]

Chris Alferitz band???? what band??

[@chrisalferitz4428]

The term "Band" might be vague. I was talking about Owen. I recently saw him in concert.

[@Letter_J]

+Shu Mike himself calls Owen a "band"

[@HiddenFormula]

Wow, very impressed. I knew it would be good but this is up there with his best stuff. Loads of nice textures and vocal harmonies, quality atmospheric production. A bit more on the sadder/sober side than the last ones but that's kinda what you want with Owen.

[@SubvertTheState]

I never listened to American Football in 2000s. I literally started in 2024 lmao. Well ofcourse I'm sad I didn't dedicate some space on my 512mB iPod Shuffle. But this Owen album and American Football's Silhouettes are just want you would hope it would be 20 years after the 2000s Cambrian Explosion of musical creativity.

[@AndroxineVortex]

man am i glad i found this!

[@petesventura7937]

Lovers come and go.......

[@vvavie4858]

The only legit one man band with perfect music

[@bobmaget5956]

Elliott Smith

[@tycho-bro-hey]

clearly you never listened to Chopin, chump

[@eltonjohnson]

sElf/matt mahaffey does a good job at that

[@danielisokay]

@@tycho-bro-hey Haha, made me laugh out loud!

[@anonder_yonder8345]

Wow! I've been looking for bands in the same niche as american football, and this is the first one to pass the test. Wonderful in all it's qualities! Anyone have any suggestions for finding similar artists?

[@adrianmendoza6748]

Well its the same singer for both bands lol, but you can also try TTNG or Delta Sleep, amazing bands too

[@franciscosanchez3491]

Muy bueno, me gusta mucho. A ver si vienen a España.

[@maubarbazza5441]

Viene al AMFest de Barcelona, el sábado 13 de octubre!

[@franciscosanchez3491]

Gracias Mauro. Vivo en Valencia e intentaré asistir. Una gran banda. Gracias.

[@itwasflavor-aid]

Solid.

[@xvaiking3158]

HOLY FUCK

[@rodrigoleite9733]

Always awesome!!! Possibility touring in Brazil? ^_^

[@andyowens2441]

What an amazing name

[@RafaelTheSea]

bon iver drums

[@gameingbeast8557]

im owen tipping

[@corbinmoore96]

Everyone who listens to lofi hiphop in the background needs to listen to this album so they know what real music is. These songs hit harder than any sad remix or generic bummed-out song comp.

[@kingcobrajfsofficial]

What does lofi hip hop have to do with anything..? What a weird, arbitrary thing to say.

[@benaldo138]

@@kingcobrajfsofficial Sometimes, when people get personally fed up with a genre they consider to be overplayed, they lash out at everyone else who likes it in the hope they hear less of it... Lo-fi and Owen have sad listeners in common lolol

[@Mellon-Collie]

@@benaldo138 both gives me 3 am staring at the ceiling vibe Never Meant intro plays: *OVERLY DRAMATIC*

[@owencejas5006]

LO QUEMASMEASEGRACIA ES QUEYOMELLAMOASI

[@pleasure.93]

ilove OWEN