The Owls are back, celebrating the Oct 23 release of their long-awaited second album, the full-length Daughters and Suns, with help from ELK and other special guest animals. Apart from a few compilations, The Owls haven't seen a release since
2004's "Our Hopes and Dreams" mini LP, which garnered enthusiastic critical praise, drawing comparisons to the likes
of the Velvet Underground, the Mamas and Papas, and Belle and Sebastian, and landing The Owls on multiple Year-End-Best lists.
Instead of spending countless
hours in a studio the band decided to make themselves more self
sufficient and set up the recording studio themselves which there is
always a learning curve involved. Three songwriters Brian Tighe, Maria
May, and Allison LaBonne come together 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 down perilous 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 tenders buoyant, laid-back pop
with gentle strikes of lightning.
