?From Kraftwerk to Leonard Cohen, The Smiths to Suicide, and Pet Shop Boys to Smog, Chicago's one-man musical army Owen Ashworth a.k.a Casiotone for the Painfully Alone - has been bracketed with all manner of illustrious names in the course of his eleven year career. But in collecting the 7-inch split-singles and compilation tracks he released from 2004-7 (all but two of them on CD for the first time), Advance Base Battery Life provides compelling evidence of the singular nature of this industrious f   [ read more ]

MP3 $10.49

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Having released enough singles and compilation tracks to warrant a collection of them, Owen Ashworth pulls them together on the enjoyable Advance Base Battery Life, pure catnip for committed fans but not without interest to those unfamiliar with Casiotone for the Painfully Alone's way around understated, enveloping electronic pop. A slew of covers toward the end shows Ashworth's interest in a variety of approaches -- on the one hand there are two covers each of Bruce Springsteen and {$Paul Si   [ read more ]

CD $15.18

From Kraftwerk to Leonard Cohen, The Smiths to Suicide, and Pet Shop Boys to Smog, Chicago's one-man musical army Owen Ashworth - a.k.a. Casiotone for the Painfully Alone - has been bracketed with all manner of illustrious names in the course of his eleven year career. But in collecting the 7-inch split-singles and compilation tracks he released from 2004-7 (all but two of them on CD for the first time), Advance Base Battery Life provides compelling evidence of the singular nature of this industrious   [ read more ]

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VINYL FORMAT. From Kraftwerk to Leonard Cohen, The Smiths to Suicide, and Pet Shop Boys to Smog, Chicago's one-man musical army Owen Ashworth - a.k.a. Casiotone for the Painfully Alone - has been bracketed with all manner of illustrious names in the course of his eleven year career. But in collecting the 7-inch split-singles and compilation tracks he released from 2004-7 (all but two of them on CD for the first time), Advance Base Battery Life provides compelling evidence of the singular nature of th   [ read more ]

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RESTOCK. Casiotone for the Painfully Alone (CFTPA) rocks the world! CFTPA makes songs made up, sung, and played by Owen Ashworth. His first release on Tomlab, "Pocket Symphonies for Lonesome Subway Cars," gained a lot of attention in the alternative press with references including Moldy Peaches, Mountain Goats, Smog, Silver Jews, Young Marble Giants, and Will Oldham. CFTPA's self-released debut album, "Answering Machine Music," which has been hard to find, is now available in an expanded version and feature   [ read more ]

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Second single from Etiquette recorded with a full band incl. members of The Papercuts and even cello! A much fuller, nearly 'classic rock' sound for CFTPA of which Owen is rightfully proud! CDS is backed with 4 Exclusive live tracks recorded with The Donkeys as Owen's backing band. All b-sides exclusive to their format.

MP3 $5.25

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Second single from Etiquette recorded with a full band incl. members of The Papercuts and even cello! A much fuller, nearly "classic rock" sound for CFTPA of which Owen is rightfully proud! CDS is backed with 4 Exclusive live tracks recorded with The Donkeys as Owen's backing band. All b-sides exclusive to their format.

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VINYL FORMAT. Insound Staff Pick - 2009! This is the fourth album by Casiotone for the Painfully Alone. Owen Ashworth, still one of the most talented songwriters working in independent music today, and his intimate character studies are finally getting the production they deserve. Instead of limiting the arrangements to battery powered electronics and the occasional contributions from friends, Ashworth has expanded his bedroom recording project into a small orchestra of pianos, organs, strings, flute   [ read more ]

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This is the fourth album by Casiotone for the Painfully Alone. Owen Ashworth, still one of the most talented songwriters working in independent music today, and his intimate character studies are finally getting the production they deserve. Instead of limiting the arrangements to battery powered electronics and the occasional contributions from friends, Ashworth has expanded his bedroom recording project into a small orchestra of pianos, organs, strings, flutes, pedal steel guitars, drums, drum machines, a   [ read more ]

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Insound Staff Pick - 2009! This is the fourth album by Casiotone for the Painfully Alone. Owen Ashworth, still one of the most talented songwriters working in independent music today, and his intimate character studies are finally getting the production they deserve. Instead of limiting the arrangements to battery powered electronics and the occasional contributions from friends, Ashworth has expanded his bedroom recording project into a small orchestra of pianos, organs, strings, flutes, pedal stee   [ read more ]

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VINYL FORMAT. Split 7-inch featuring two songs from the Donkeys: "Be My Girl" and "Seventh Heaven" (recorded by Jason Quever of the Papercuts) and two from Casiotone for the Painfully Alone: "White Corolla" (featuring Jenny Herbinson) and "White on White." Limited to 1000 copies.

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