HOB 012  |  Released on September 21st 2009

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Deluxe CD packaging!
- Cardboard digipak
- Detailed 24-page lyric and photo booklet
- Hobbledehoy 12-song digital sampler

Much has changed for Mike Kinsella (American Football, Joan of Arc, Cap’n Jazz) since 2006’s solo album At Home with Owen (Hobbledehoy reissue in 2009). As he began writing his fifth album, Kinsella became a husband and a father. New Leaves, like its title suggests, is a new beginning for Mike Kinsella/Owen.

It was recorded over the course of two years by multiple engineers such as Tim Iseler (Wilco), Brian Deck (Iron and Wine), Graeme Gibson (Joan Of Arc), Nate Kinsella, and, yes, some recording at mom’s house. New Leaves retains elements of earlier Owen material - but here, the arrangements are more elaborate, the song structures more complex, and the lyrics more refined. Instead of lamenting failed relationships, Kinsella focuses on the new beginnings they allow.

LP available on Polyvinyl.

"4/5" - Alternative Press

1. New Leaves
2. Good Friends, Bad Habits  MP3  VIDEO
3. A Trenchant Critique
4. Never Been Born
5. Amnesia and Me
6. Brown Hair in a Bird's Nest  MP3
7. Too Scared to Move
8. The Only Child of Aergia
9. Ugly on the Inside
10. Curtain Call