After ending his long-running indie-pop project Casiotone for the Painfully Alone in 2010, Chicago-based musician Owen Ashworth launched Orindal Records. It was part of a musical rebirth, but more a spiritual move than a sonic one: the label’s first release, a 2011 split, features one of the first singles from Ashworth’s post-Casiotone project, Advance Base, which like its predecessor trades in warm, wistful songs.…
After ending his long-running indie-pop project Casiotone for the Painfully Alone in 2010, Chicago-based musician Owen Ashworth launched Orindal Records. It was part of a musical rebirth, but more a spiritual move than a sonic one: the label’s first release, a 2011 split, features one of the first singles from Ashworth’s post-Casiotone project, Advance Base, which like its predecessor trades in warm, wistful songs.…