All
Music The Owls' first full-length album
is a giant step beyond their debut EP.... It takes them out of the
world of workaday indie pop and into a more sophisticated world
of bands like Camera Obscura, Young and Sexy, and Belle & Sebastian
who add a large helping of drama and soul to their sound....When
they blend together in different formations, it can raise goose
bumps and warm hearts. Daughters and Suns is a real coming out party
for the Owls, the record could steal some hearts .... (more)
Pitchfork
"Minneapolis four-piece
the Owls had one of the dreamiest indie-pop songs of 2004 in "Air",
from debut "mini LP" Our Hopes and Dreams. "Peppermint
Patty", from follow-up Daughters and Suns, shows the band continuing
to delight in the softer side of the Velvet Underground (particularly
Loaded's "Who Loves the Sun"), with their lush boy-girl
harmonies, acoustic guitars, and plinking piano. It's a tender,
nuanced song about a Belle and Sebastian-worthy protagonist..." (more)
Daughters and
Suns (2007)
For the Owls' much anticipated sophomore release Daughters and
Suns, three songwriters Brian Tighe, Maria May and Allison
LaBonne band together again with drummer John Jerry and special
friends to create an unlikely musical voyage, aboard ships, carnival
rides, airplanes; trespassing through backyards, human resources
departments, and along dirt roads into the distance. Bitter yet
life affirming, the Owls console comic strip characters, invent
the perfect man, party on the eve of the apocalypse, explore the
notion of empire, pay their bills by candlelight, and send flowers
into sewers before bidding listeners a rousing adieu. Rich with
melody and male/female harmony Daughters and Suns is buoyant, laid-back
pop with gentle strikes of lightning.
Our
Hopes and Dreams (2004)
Intimate yet powerful, The Owls' first release Our Hopes and Dreams
garnered enthusiastic critical
praise, widespread radio play and landed The Owls on multiple
Year-End-Best lists.
