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Christopher Owens</b> released his debut post-Girls album, <i>Lysandre</i>, back in January. The first video from the album premiered today on Pitchfork. Take a look at "<b>Here We Go Again</b>" which was filmed on tour in the UK. </font>
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<i>Lysandre </i>was released on Fat Possum Records to widespread critical acclaim. </font></div>
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<font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Century Gothic'" size="3">Some Praise for<i> Lysandre:</i></font></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 24px; ">The 33-year-old San Francisco songwriter (is) one of the most open and honest and best of his generation." -
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color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:italic">"It's a deeply considered concept project instead of a collection of singles… the album
by turns can feel foreboding, joyous, full of possibility or unbearably melancholic… His body of work thus far is significant and increasingly varied, as is his profile. No longer a local kid with a band and backstory, Owens can hold his own against international
all-stars…" - <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">The Fader</b></span></p>
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color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:italic">"Owens sings in a big-hearted
croon, as the instrumentation builds into a wall of sound composed of finger-picked acoustics, angelic harmonies, jazzy flute runs, half-sighed harmonica, a psych-fuzz solo and bass tat purrs like a kitten. Owens has never sounded this free-spirited, and based
on the musicality, this grown-up Girl should have no trouble flourishing on his own." -
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proving to fans that Owens can be just as powerful and moving without the Girls moniker.” – <b>Rolling Stone </b></span></p>
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color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:italic">“Not quite a pure pop song... It’s as melodramatic as a scene from a 1970s movie version
of a Shakespeare play, yet as genuine as every other contribution he’s made to the general psyche of his teen and teen-at-heart fanbase.” – <b>V Magazine</b></span></p>
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capacity to mould his tales of heartbreak and despair into consistently flawless pop songs…” <b>– NME </b></span></p>
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gentle, earnest crooning is the album’s backbone, enhanced by the addition of sweet backup vocals, saxophone, flute, harmonica, bass, guitar, keyboard and drums. Owens is a songwriter first and foremost, and he has shown, that despite a different sound that’s
still his greatest talent.” – <b>Stereogum</b></span></p>
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has never had a problem being forthright, and the songs on <i>Lysandre</i> find him as confessional and straightforward as ever…</span><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
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