Owen is Mike Kinsella. For nearly ten years now, Mike has been in some of

Chicago's most loved bands, AMERICAN FOOTBALL, CAP'N JAZZ, JOAN OF ARC, and OWLS. Of those, he has probably been most closely associated with AMERICAN FOOTBALL, in which he did much of the songwriting and guitar-playing, and all of the singing. With Owen, Mike takes American Football's sound to its next logical level. Mike wrote and performed this entire record by himself: guitars, drums, bass, vocals, everything. It's got all of the hooks and charm that has turned American Football's only album into Polyvinyl's best-selling catalog item! And make no assumptions about this being a one-off solo record with no touring behind it -- Mike has been winning over hundreds of kids nightly while opening up for Rainer Maria on nearly every date of their last three national tours!