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Advance Base is the melancholic soft rock recording project of Chicago, IL singer/songwriter OwenAshworth (formerly of Casiotone for the Painfully Alone). Using a two-handed arsenal of electric piano,Omnichord, samplers, effect pedals & drum machines, Ashworth builds minimalist, heavy-hearted, &nostalgia-obsessed ballads around his conversational baritone. The warm, electronic sound of AdvanceBase has been described as "lo-fi," "depressed" & "weirdly uplifting."

Animal Companionship, the third & most recent "studio" album by Advance Base, was released September21, 2018 by Run For Cover Records Orindal Records. GoldFlakePaint & Various Small Flames both listedAnimal Companionship among their favorite albums of 2018. Since then, Advance Base has released Wallof Tears & Other-Songs I Didn't Write, a home-recorded collection of (mostly) country/Americana coversarranged for electronic instruments & Live at Home, a collection of mid-quarantine livestream concertperformances & the closest representation of an Advance Base live set commercially available. A newsingle titled ”Little Sable Point Lighthouse” was released on March 31, 2022.

“It’s with no exaggeration we describe Owen Ashworth as one of the most consistent and importantsongwriters in contemporary indie music. From the earliest Casiotone For the Painfully Alone demos tomost recent Advance Base single ‘Little Sable Point Lighthouse‘, Owen has crafted a catalogue ofcharacters and circumstances with few rivals in the modern era. His is an ever evolving body of work whichstands out in its deftness and humility and empathy and care, bringing to life individuals from across thespectrum of human experience while remaining unerringly attuned to the tender, fallible heart at the centreof each.” - Various Small Flames

"A Raymond Carver short story collection set to music by a Joan of Arc-era OMD" - MOJO Magazine

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The Bird Calls is the recording project of Sam Sodomsky, a songwriter and music journalist based in New York. Since 2022, he has issued collections of acoustic, lyric-driven folk songs through Ruination Record Co. His latest album, Old Faithful, is out this spring.