&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Plastic Owen Band by Advance Base&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt; Read the 4 star MOJO review HERE! Advance Base is new music by Owen Ashworth, formerly of Casiotone for the Painfully Alone. Advance Base songs have been described as "depressed," "lo-fi," & "pop." The debut Advance Base album is called A Shut-In's Prayer & it was released in North America by Caldo Verde Records (CD) & Orindal Records (vinyl/digital). Tomlab Records released special edition CDs & LPs for Europe & UK. All available merchandise, including t-shirts, vinyl records, & MP3s can be purchased from Orindal Records. You can also find Advance Base on iTunes. SHOWS: December 10, 2014 - Bloomington, IN @ The Bishop (performing as the musical guest on The Mike Adams Show & also doing a full set afterwards) 9:30PM 21+ Free December 14, 2014 - Chicago, IL @ The Beat Kitchen (w/ Told Slant & Elvis Depressedly) 6:30PM All Ages $10 DISCOGRAPHY: 2011 Advance Base/Hello Shark Split 7" (PIAPTK) Advance Base/Concern- "Traditionals" Split 7" (Orindal) 2012 Advance Base- Our Cat 7" (Orindal) Advance Base- A Shut-In's Prayer LP/CD (Orindal/Caldo Verde/Tomlab) Advance Base- Instrumentals #1 tape (Orindal) Various Artists- Casiotone Compilation 4 3" CD (Aotoao) Various Artists- Business Selects Vol. 1 mixtape (The Business) Various Artists- The Holidays Don't Have To Be So Rotten Vol. 3 mixtape (Flannelgraph) 2013 Advance Base- The World Is In A Bad Fix Everywhere 7"/CD-EP (Orindal/Caldo Verde) Advance Base- Tomorrow's Homes Today CS (Orindal) Various Artists- The Rising Cost of Livin’ High and Lovin’ Hard: A Tribute to Kris Kristofferson 2LP (PIAPTK) Various Artists- Tony Trimm Presents Charcuteries and Champagne mixtape Various Artists- Songs For "Crap Kingdom:" A Young Adult Novel By DC Pierson mixtape 2014 Advance Base- Plastic Owen Band: Collected Covers, Compilation Tracks, Demos & Rarities 2011-2014 mixtape LINKS: Mailing List // Facebook // Twitter // Soundcloud // Bandcamp // iTunes // YouTube // Orindal Webstore Download our Daytrotter session HERE (If you aren't already a member, you can sign up for a free trail membership to download our session. No credit card required.) PRESS: Interviews & reviews: Pittsburgh City Paper // Louisville Weekly // Pitchfork // Chicago Tribune // AV Club // CMJ // BuffaBLOG // Fake Plastic Tunes // Metro Times // Beats Per Minute // 405 // Music OHM // Prefix // Pop Matters // College Times // Grand Abandon // SF Guardian // MOJO // Beats Per Minute/ // Modern Vinyl // Library Journal // Performer Magazine Read my interview with Mark Kozelek (Sun Kil Moon, Red House Painters) PHOTOS LYRICS CONTACT: O. Ashworth P.O. Box 471432 Chicago, IL 60647 USA advancebase@gmail.com ADVANCE BASE: Instrumentals #1 OUT NOW