It's me, Owen from Advance Base. Did you know that I run Orindal Records & write all of this stuff? Well, today here to tell you that I'm continuing my regional explorations of the United State & Canada in my dogged efforts to share songs from the new Advance Base album Horrible Occurrences far & wide. On the eve of my lengthy tour of the Western USA & Canada, I'm already announcing my next adventure, an April/May tour of the Northeast USA & Canada. Toronto, ON cellist, singer & songwriter Eliza Niemi will join me for most of the Canadian leg of the tour & the Northeastern USA portion of the tour will be supported by my Kristin Daelyn & Lisa/Liza. In addition to visiting some of my very favorite cities, I'll also be visiting a lot of places for the first time on this tour & I really cannot wait to see some new sights! I hope to see you out there.
Beyond the Break is a statement of rare tranquility and wisdom, atmosphere and grace. In
these eight compositions, the songwriter takes influence
from solo guitarists like Leo Kottke and John Fahey as well as writers
like Mary Oliver, whose poem “Patience” inspired the single
“Patience Comes to the Bones.” Through instrumental piecpiecest
highlight her virtuosity as a player and elegant folk songs that
showcase her gifts for tender pop melodies and emotionally incisive
lyrics, Daelyn’s voice feels both urgent and timeless. Like a well-loved
paperback passed between friends, her songs are open to reflection and
personal annotation, designed to be of use.
"If you need more beauty in your life, and who doesn’t, why not check out Beyond the Break?" — Dusted Magazine
"Philadelphia-based folk artist Kristin Daelyn’s Beyond the Break pushes through the environs we call the soul like a quiet but compelling storm. Accented by her deft fingerstyle guitar play, the eight-track set collects stirring instrumentals and contemplative songs, the kind that—in another era—would have oscillated through the late-night airwaves of progressive rock radio alongside works from Jackson Browne, John Fahey and Joni Mitchell." —The Old Grey Cat
"Moontype radiate the kind of feelings we’re all chasing." —Paste Magazine
Orindal is proud to welcome to the label one of our very favorite Chicago bands, Moontype!
In 2021, Moontype released their debut LP Bodies of Water.
A brand new Chicago band on a small independent label (Born Yesterday),
the record made an outsized impact, capturing the attention of outlets
like
The New York Times, NPR, Stereogum and Pitchfork
on the strength of the clear-eyed songwriting of the band's
singer/bassist Margaret McCarthy, and the band's gauzy, math-y and
full-hearted indie rock. In the years since, the band have toured
extensively and remained active in their hometown, sharing stages with
artists like Frankie Cosmos, Pile, NNAMDÏ, Remember Sports and Finom,
but it's been nearly four years since they've shared new music.
After the release of their debut, Moontype underwent a recharging
period of major and minor transformations. “I have gotten better at
being alone, and found ways to feel strong and powerful in myself,” says
McCarthy. “I'm better at having the relationships I want to have and
setting the boundaries I want to set. For this record, I didn't shy away
from dark or hard things, like loneliness, sadness, anger, and
disconnection.”
During
that time, the band’s lineup grew with the additions of Patter’s Joe
Suihkonen, whose other band the Deals has featured collaborations from
McCarthy and
Moontype drummer Emerson Hunton, and Andrew Clinkman of
Spirits Having Fun. “Getting asked to join this band was a beautiful
thing for me,” says Clinkman. “It was exciting to be able to play with
what was my favorite band already.”
Today, the band are returning to announce their signing to Orindal Records and share a new single called "Long Country," which was produced by Katie von Schleicher & Nate Mendelsohn.
Find "Long Country" on your preferred streaming service HERE.
Watch the "Long Country" music video directed by Ian Kelly:
“Long Country” connects the sonic and emotional threads between the first iteration of Moontype and this new one. Over glistening guitars, McCarthy coos, “I wanna feel good every hour of the day.” Eventually, the track curls into something more menacing and eerie. The tempo slows and guitars leisurely strum as she sings, “The truth will hurt too much, the walls you built are strong enough / Nothing can set you free, so steel yourself, go forward blindly.” It eventually peaks into a blistering wall of sound and throughout, it’s unpredictable and thrilling—a testament to McCarthy’s vivacious melodic sensibilities.
McCarthy says of the track:
"I
wrote "
Long Country" during the early pandemic but it’s a feeling I’ve
had many times, feeling trapped in who and where I am. I want to escape,
drive far away, but wherever you go there you are. Sometimes it feels
impossible to change the emotional patterns you’ve built for yourself.
This is the only song where all four of us sing at the same time, and that’s always a special moment."
Moontype are touring across the American Midwest & up the East Coast in March! You'll find ticket links & more info HERE.
Philadelphia, PA singer, songwriter & fingerstyle guitarist Kristin Daelyn's Orindal debut, Beyond the Break, is out February 28! Today, Kristin shares Beyond the Break’s closing track, “It Came to Me Then”. Kristin also shares some thoughts on the song:
"'It Came to Me Then' is a song about the cyclical nature of renewal—the way life continually invites us to begin again. I started writing it while walking a looped trail I’d circled a hundred times before. But on that particular day, I saw it differently. This shift in perspective felt like crossing some threshold. I went home and quickly picked up my guitar, trying to capture the moment I knew one cycle was closing and another was beginning.
The music did its work here. Without intention, the feeling wove itself into the composition. The song moves in familiar repetition, cycling through twice before shifting—there’s a moment of tension, a break in the pattern, and then the song changes completely. The instrumental outro is like stepping into a new journey before softly settling into the acceptance of it. It’s the only song on the record in an open tuning. It’s also the song that ends the album, almost like a send-off, an understanding that the previous chapter has now closed."
“A gorgeous folk ballad, “Patience Comes to the Bones” is all the more enchanting for the spaces it leaves, the soft expanse between words. Gently joined by strings, that ache quietly in the background, Daelyn sings with a thoughtful purpose, like all the power lies in the discovery, in the knowing.” — GoldFlakePaint
“Patience Comes to the Bones” introduces a collection of songs which looks to carve a space of reflection and peace within the tumultuous present, approaching the dissatisfaction and suffering common to us all from a decidedly compassionate angle. Supported by guest appearances from Dan Knishkowy (Adeline Hotel), Danny Black (Good Old War, Gregory Alan Isakov) and Patrick Riley, Daelyn’s soulful vocals and intricate, intimate guitar welcome the audience into the space so that we too might re-examine our lives from new angles and come to appreciate the fellowship to be found in the universality of longing.” — Various Small Flames
Beyond the Break LPs & CDs are in stock & begin shipping next week! Order your copy now to receive it before the February 28 release date! Get 'emHERE.
In March, Owen Ashworth of Advance Base & Kenny Boothby of Little Kid are coming to the Pacific Northwest for a week of intimate solo shows in British Columbia, Washington & Oregon! You'll find ticket links & more info HERE.
Advance Base will play a handful of shows in South Dakota, Missouri, California & Colorado around the Pacific Northwest dates w/ Little Kid. You'll find ticket links & more info HERE.
“Philadelphia indie folk artist + fingerstyle guitarist Kristin Daelyn is rooted in the comfort and simplicity of folk while weaving intricate guitar with poetic, intimate storytelling to create a tender world of melancholy and warmth.” – NPR
On February 28, Orindal Records will release Beyond the Break, a new album of meditative folk songs & instrumentals by Philadelphia, PA singer, songwriter & guitarist Kristin Daelyn. Recorded from the intimacy of her home studio with assistance from co-producer Jason Cupp, Daelyn’s elegant & virtuosic fingerstyle acoustic guitar & vocal performances are accompanied on several tracks by Dan Knishkowy of Adeline Hotel & Danny Black of Good Old War. Patrick Riley also contributed string arrangements to four tracks, including the album’s lead single, “Patience Comes to the Bones.”
Find "Patience Comes to the Bones" by Kristin Daelyn on your preferred streaming service HERE.
At the time I wrote this song, I had recently come across a line in Mary Oliver’s poem “Patience”: “Patience comes to the bones before it takes root in the heart.” The words pulsed through me, circulating like a mantra. I didn’t understand why they resonated so deeply, but I knew I had to carry them and let their meaning be revealed over time.
I was living in a small cabin tucked away in the woods on a Pennsylvania hillside, turning to music for comfort. I wrote the way I always do— letting lyrics flow instinctively without much thought, allowing sounds to mumble atop the melody until words and phrases revealed themselves. The process feels more like sculpting than writing, like I’m uncovering something hidden.
When the words finally emerged, I realized what this song was teaching me. It was a lesson in letting go— not as surrender, but as a radical act of love, trust, and a willingness to meet myself with softness. As someone who has always used persistence to shape the life I wanted, I was being asked to instead be compassionate and present with what was before me. Sometimes, letting go is the most loving, skillful choice we can make. And things take the time they take.
This song marked the beginning of that lesson, one that continues to ripple through my life as a practice towards both myself and others. It’s also an expression of gratitude for life’s inevitable impermanence— for every sunrise through my window, for every soft blue sky after dusk, for every longing, grief, and joy.
Beyond the Break is available for pre-order on vinyl, compact disc & digital formats HERE.
Advance Base (Chicago, IL) & Little Mazarn (Austin, TX) are touring together in January 2025, playing tender & intimate shows through Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas & Missouri. You'll find tickets & info HERE.
Something About Living, a live album by experimental jazz composer & multi-instrumentalist Robert Stillman, is out today!
Something About Living's six expansive tracks were captured over the course of Stillman's time as both saxophonist & solo support act for The Smile (Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, Tom Skinner) on their 2022 world tour. Something About Livingweaves excerpts from various theater and arena shows along the tour’s North American routing into a seamless whole, creating a 40-minute program that represents an expanded version of Stillman’s ever-transforming live set.
Find Something About Living on your preferred streaming service HERE.
Purchase Something About Living on coke bottle clear vinyl, black vinyl & digital formats HERE.
(Customers based in EU/UK are advised to purchase Something About Living from Bandcamp, where their vinyl & digital orders will be fulfilled by our UK release partners, Kit Records.)
Watch Robert Stillman's eerie visualizer for "Dream of Waking" from Something About Living:
“Stillman communicates through layered jazz arrangements, playing most of the instruments himself but conjuring the sound of a full ensemble—one with the ability to mystify, dazzle, and soothe with every twist.” – Pitchfork
On October 25, Orindal Records (US) & Kit Records (UK) will release Something About Living, a collection of live recordings by experimental jazz composer & multi-instrumentalist Robert Stillman. The music was captured over the course of Stillman's time as both live saxophonist & solo support act for The Smile on their 2022 world tour. Something About Living weaves excerpts from various theater and arena shows along the tour’s North American routing into a seamless whole, creating a 40-minute program that represents an expanded version of Stillman’s ever-transforming live set.
Here's a live video of Robert Stillman performing the album's title track, "Something About Living," at The Factory in Chesterfield, Missouri:
Something About Living is the product of a steady, on-stage evolution that happened over the course of the nearly 60 shows opening for the Smile across the EU, UK, US, Canada and Mexico. However, the creative origins of the set began in relative isolation during the pandemic, through Stillman’s work on projects like his multi-media installation Unseen Forces and his monthly broadcast for Margate Radio, both of which drew upon solo improvisation using saxophone, cassettes, Yamaha DX7 synthesizer, and effects.
Pre-order Something About Living on Coke bottle clear vinyl, classic black vinyl & digital formats HERE.
Horrible Occurrences, the new album by Advance Base, is out December 6, 2024 on Run For Cover / Orindal Records. The album's lead single, "The Year I Lived in Richmond," is out now, along with an animated music video by Aaron Sewards.
Horrible Occurrences was recorded by Owen Ashworth, alone in his basement in Oak Park, IL. Jason Quever mixed the album. Matthew Barnhart mastered the album. Dan Black designed the packaging. The landscape on the album's cover was painted by Owen's great great grandfather, George L. Berg, long before you or I were born.
You can read more about Horrible Occurrences & stream "The Year I Lived in RIchmond" plus new mixes of three previously released singles on Advance Base's Bandcamp page.
Pre-order Horrible Occurrences vinyl, CDs, cassettes, t-shirts & hats on the Run For Cover site.
Advance Base is on tour! Say hi to Owen & ask him all about the new album, if you feel like it.
CASS MCCOMBS is reissuing early favorites Not the Way, A&PREfection via 4ADon September 6, & Orindal is releasing a companion cassette of rarities from the era. 2000-2004 Demos, Live and Radio is now available for pre-order HERE.
Watch the music video for "Sacred Heart (Demo)" from 2000-2004 Demos, Live and Radio, directed by the skater Jerry Hsu.
Cass McCombs is touring select US cities w/ Papercuts (West Coast) & Advance Base (East Coast) in September. Ticket links are HERE.
