Artist
– Casiotone for the Painfully Alone
Title
–
Town Topic EP
Catalogue
# -
OIB005
Formats
Available –
Limited Colour 7”: 200 Blue (oibrecords.com
and Casiotone UK tour exclusive), 500 Clear (oibrecords.com, Casiotone
tour, limited retail), 500 Black (retail version)
Release
Date –
Available 17th March on oibrecords.com and 5th
May in stores internationally
Songs:
•
Ice Cream Truck
• Town Topic (instrumental)
• I Love Creedence (instrumental)
• Green Cotton Sweater (version)
Order
Now!
*
05/05/08 * - BLUE VINYL NOW SOLD OUT (clear
and black still available)
CLEAR
BLACK
Casiotone
for the Painfully Alone is the musical
alias of 30 year old American film school drop-out Owen Ashworth. Ashworth
began his intricate ventures into abstract emotional music in 1997 after
he realized that song-making was a far more cost-effective means of
storytelling than film-making. To date, he has produced 4 CFTPA albums,
released through Tomlab, that have defined a hybrid strain of raw, emotional
and very homemade synth pop that is instantly recognizable as his own.
Claustrophobic two-minute character studies shuddered with reverbed
beats, blown-out chords and simple but infectious melodies, all layered
beneath Ashworth’s bittersweet lyrical odes to love lost.
Town
Topic is the soundtrack EP to the American independent film Stay
The Same Never Change by the critically acclaimed New York / Los
Angeles artist Laurel Nakadate. Bathed in the blinding light and sticky
heat of Kansas City’s summer, Stay The Same Never Change utalises
both amateur and first-time actors to create a fictional account of
everyday lives and a portrait of a real place. It’s an unsettling
coming-of-age story delivered through the real-life experiences of youth
in the American Midwest.
Over
the past ten years Ashworth has experimented with a diverse range of
genres including dark synth pop, classic rock balladry, country-tinged
techno, 60’s bubblegum pop, and stark piano bar jazz. Through
his wild experimentation and introspective character studies Ashworth’s
popularity has escalated rapidly making him one of the most invigorating
and heartfelt songwriters working in independent music.
The
initial run of just 200 will
be available on solid blue 42g weight 7” vinyl
at the merch table of the upcoming Casiotone UK tour
(100 available) starting March 5th in London at Bush Hall, following
the tour the record will be available
here in our webstore while stocks last (100 available).
Our webstore version comes with two limited
edition badges designed by Casiotone, including a badge
of the newly redesigned One Inch Badge Records logo by Casiotone himself.
The
second run of 1000 copies will be available in equal quantities of clear
and black vinyl versions. The clear version will be available
on Casiotone for the Painfully Alone’s USA tour
as well as here in the webstore once the super limited
blue version is sold out. The black version and a handful of the clear
version will both be available for retail in Europe and the USA via
Southern Records on April 21st.
Up-coming
Releases:
Casiotone
for the Painfully Alone will feature on OIB Records split series Volume
4
