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Christopher Owens released new LP, 'Chrissybaby Forever' (listen) ++ updated tour dates

by Bill Pearis

Owens

Christopher Owens surprised released a new album yesterday. Titled Chrissybaby Forever, it’s a little more back-to-basics guitar pop for Owens, who dabbled in country and gospel on his last two albums. (There’s also at least one song — “Me Oh My” — that shows off Owens’ love for Felt.) He told Stereogum:

I was tempted to call this Christopher Owens’ Album, because for me it’s really about getting back to the basics — just me playing everything with one other person engineering and producing. It’s two heads coming together. In the end I did call in a drummer like we did on Girls’ albums to play on a few tracks. I guess the one different thing is that I brought in some friends to sing backup vocals. I wanted them to be amateurs and younger girls and very sweet-sounding. I didn’t want gospel-style backup professional vocals. I wanted it to be more like campfire sing-along or something like that.

You can stream the whole album below.

As mentioned, Owens’ tour starts next week with two NYC shows: June 20 at Baby’s All Right (tickets), and June 21 at Mercury Lounge with EZTV (tickets).

Updated tour dates are listed, along with the LP stream, below…

Christopher Owens – 2015 Tour Dates
Jun 03 – The Chapel – San Francisco, CA
Jun 04 – The Echo – Los Angeles, CA
Jun 05 – The Casbah – San Diego, CA
Jun 06 – Valley Bar – Phoenix, AZ
Jun 09 – Club Dada – Dallas, TX
Jun 11 – Red 7 – Austin, TX
Jun 12 – Fitzgerald’s – Houston, TX
Jun 13 – Gasa Gasa – New Orleans, LA
Jun 16 – The Earl – Atlanta, GA
Jun 18 – Cat’s Cradle Back Room – Carrboro, NC
Jun 19 – Rock & Roll Hotel – Washington, DC
Jun 20 – Baby’s All Right – Brooklyn, NY
Jun 21 – The Mercury Lounge – New York, NY
Jun 24 – The Garrison – Toronto, ON
Jun 25 – The Pike Room at the Crofoot – Pontiac, MI
Jun 26 – Schubas Tavern – Chicago, IL
Jun 27 – 7th St. Entry – Minneapolis, MN
Jun 30 – The Cobalt – Vancouver, BC
Jul 01 – Barboza – Seattle, WA
Jul 02 – Doug Fir Lounge – Portland, OR