“…a masterclass in restraint, storytelling and embracing ennui.” - Dork

“[Mike] Kinsella’s gentle, breathy voice has gained a soulful richness, while his wispy instrumentation—which straddles emo, folk, and postrock—has become more detailed and complex.” - Chicago Reader

"…gorgeously delicate songs that find his unique singing/songwriting style in excellent form.” - Brooklyn Vegan

As the solo vehicle for Mike Kinsella's widely influential songwriting, Owen has charted the evolution and sharpening of his craft with each new chapter - The Falls of Sioux is no exception. These nine songs represent a type of reinvention, a natural next step both artistically and personally. Having excavated the emotional chasm of divorce on his previous album, The Avalanche (2020), moments of intensity now come across as confident and exploratory rather than tormented. Situations that might have instilled panic and self-loathing in younger days now meet a relaxed smirk. 

To celebrate, Owen will return to his old stomping grounds in Urbana, IL, to perform a sold out pair of sets in the iconic American Football House before embarking on the first leg of his headline tour (tickets on-sale now).

Listen below and get your copy of The Falls of Sioux on limited edition White Candy Wrapper on Clear vinyl today. 

The album perforates Owen's established acoustic sound to explore unlikely musical ideas, documenting a time of moving through life-altering turmoil into brighter days. Heavy themes are turned over with a gentle hand as Mike nestles into deeper perspectives that come with hard-earned life experience. With such open-ness, even his weariest lyrics find a playful counterweight, like watching a difficult winter melt into a nicer-than-expected spring, with the kind of distance from bad times that makes them easier to laugh at in retrospect. 

More than anything, the album is marked by a sense of self-acceptance. Mike seems comfortable with himself and his craft in a way that only happens when an artist rounds a certain corner on their creative path. On The Falls of Sioux, he fearlessly stitches jagged emotional currents into more ornate production than ever before.