Owen

Owen is a project made by Mike Kinsella, which he started on his own, I actually saw him live in Nottingham last year and I loved it. My friend took me along to see him, to be honest I'd never heard of him before and I'm not really a big fan of the indie kind of scene. But he has a natural musical talent that is enchanting. Owen is all about the soft melodies that are relaxing and the complex acoustics on his guitar and keyboard. His debut album, which is actually called 'Owen', not very inventive but anyway it was very different from the projects he originally started working on. There were many rumours at one point that he was going to become part of a band that would tour but this was never seen, whether the rumours were true to start with or not I'm not sure. In 2004 he began collaborating with his cousin Nate who helped with the instrument side of things and engineering, which resulted in his third album 'I Do Perceive'. During the release of his album in 2006 he became a husband and a father, which meant he became pretty full of responsibilities very quickly. In some of his YouTube videos that he makes himself you can actually see his child make a small appearance in the background, very cute. He still managed to carry on with his musical career whilst balancing his family life; his last album was released in July last year. I couldn't say which of his songs are my favourite because I don't think they were very memorable for me or most people, but he provides a beautiful performance and is fantastic to watch live, I wouldn't mind seeing him again at a gig of his if he's ever in Nottingham again.