{"id":807196,"date":"2020-05-07T09:48:49","date_gmt":"2020-05-07T15:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=995350"},"modified":"2020-05-07T09:48:49","modified_gmt":"2020-05-07T15:48:49","slug":"american-footballs-mike-kinsella-announces-new-solo-lp-drops-a-new-muse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/american-footballs-mike-kinsella-announces-new-solo-lp-drops-a-new-muse\/","title":{"rendered":"American Football\u2019s Mike Kinsella Announces New Solo LP, Drops \u2018A New Muse\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/9788459cC.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>\u2019s Mike Kinsella continues his solo project Owen with \u201cA New Muse,\u201d a new single off <em>The Avalanche<\/em>, out June 19th via Polyvinyl.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDear Lord\/Let me be anything but bored or in love,\u201d Kinsella sings across subtle guitar. \u201cI\u2019ve been comfortably cursed\/Almost blessed to sleep.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Avalanche<\/em> is Owen\u2019s tenth LP, following 2016\u2019s <em>The King of Whys.<\/em> It was produced by Sean Carey, known for his work with Bon Iver.<\/p>\n<p>Kinsella also recently guested on Matt Healy\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/the-1975-matty-healy-podcast-994094\/\">new podcast<\/a>, joining a lineup of guests that include Stevie Nicks, Kim Gordon and more.<\/p>\n<p>American Football returned in 2016 with <em>American Football (LP2)<\/em>, their first record in over 15 years. \u201cWe knew the band had some kind of following,\u201d Kinsella <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/american-football-inside-emo-godfathers-unlikely-return-122039\/\">told <em>Rolling Stone<\/em><\/a>, \u201cbecause we\u2019d keep getting royalty checks from Polyvinyl every year. I just assumed it was Owen fans that were buying the LP. Every now and then, somebody at an Owen show would ask for \u2018Never Meant.\u2019 I didn\u2019t realize my old band had taken on a life of its own.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Owen will embark on a tour this summer in support of <em>The Avalanche<\/em>, which may be subject to postponement due to the coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Owen Tour Dates<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>July 23 \u2013 Vancouver, BC @ Fox Cabaret<br \/>July 24 \u2013 Bellingham, WA @ The Shakedown<br \/>July 25 \u2013 Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge<br \/>August 5 \u2013 San Francisco, CA @ Swedish American Hall<br \/>August 6 \u2013 Santa Cruz, CA @ The Catalyst Atrium<br \/>August 7 \u2013 Los Angeles, CA @ The Moroccan Lounge<br \/>August 8 \u2013 San Diego, CA @ Casbah<br \/>August 20 \u2013 Washington, DC @ Songbyrd<br \/>August 21 \u2013 Philadelphia, PA @ Boot &amp; Saddle<br \/>September 9 \u2013 Qu\u00e9bec, QC @ L\u2019Anti Bar &amp; Spectacles<br \/>September 10 \u2013 Montreal, QC @ Petit Campus<br \/>September 12 \u2013 Ottawa, ON @ 27 Club<br \/>September 13 \u2013 Toronto, ON @ Longboat Hall<br \/>November 6 \u2013 Chicago, IL @ Sleeping Village<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/owen-a-new-muse-mike-kinsella-995350\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2019s Mike Kinsella continues his solo project Owen with \u201cA New Muse,\u201d a new single off The Avalanche, out June 19th via Polyvinyl. \u201cDear Lord\/Let me be anything but bored or in love,\u201d Kinsella sings across subtle guitar. \u201cI\u2019ve been comfortably cursed\/Almost blessed to sleep.\u201d The Avalanche is Owen\u2019s tenth LP, following 2016\u2019s The King [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-807196","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-11 20:12:14","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=807196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807196\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=807196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=807196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=807196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}