{"id":1171,"date":"2014-04-03T09:42:49","date_gmt":"2014-04-03T13:42:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/?p=1171"},"modified":"2014-04-10T09:50:48","modified_gmt":"2014-04-10T13:50:48","slug":"owls-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/owls-two\/","title":{"rendered":"Owls <br>Two"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/owls-two.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1172\" alt=\"Owls, Two\" src=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/owls-two.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/owls-two.jpg 250w, https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/owls-two-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>In an alternate timeline of the alternative nation, the emergence and ultimate disintegration of Chicago\u2019s Cap\u2019n Jazz would be watershed moments on the level of Nirvana\u2019s <i>Nevermind.<\/i> Instead, knowledge of the band is a cool thing among record nerds. Coming along at the tail end of the first wave of emo, but breaking up right before the second wave proper kicked in, the band was a cult favorite also highly regarded for the bands that spun-off after. While there were quite a few one-offs and side projects, the most notable ones have been Owen, Make Believe, the Promise Ring and Joan of Arc. The other band of note is Owls, led by Capn\u2019n Jazz\u2019s lead singer Tim Kinsella and joined by fellow Cap\u2019n Jazz members drummer Mike Kinsella (Tim\u2019s brother), bassist Sam Zurick, and guitarist Victor Villareal. The band managed to release one self-titled album in 2001 before calling it quits after a year of operation. Now, the band is back with the appropriately titled <i>Two<\/i> (Polyvinyl Records).<i><br \/>\n<\/i><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">There\u2019s been so much music cranked out by the Cap\u2019n Jazz alumni, it\u2019s not surprising that the Owls reunion doesn\u2019t have the same emotional resonance of those of other bands. Regardless, it makes sense to revive Owls, as it has far less baggage than Cap\u2019n Jazz, and thus <i>Two<\/i> could be whatever they wanted it to be. The result is a great amalgamation of all the band members\u2019 past work with a nod to their current growth. <i>Two<\/i> succeeds because it seems like the continuation of a conversation rather than an attempt to revive something. That feeling is strongest on the opening track \u201cFour Works Of Art,\u201d which seems to skip an opening verse to jump into the middle of an instrumental passage before finally bringing the vocals in. It\u2019s like joining a story already in progress.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">The other noticeable thing is that the band still sounds like itself. It may seem like an absurd point to highlight, but over the past nearly 20 years, there\u2019s a distinct jazz-like, mathematical, intricate style of playing they\u2019ve developed that\u2019s quite out of fashion these days. The shifting stutter-step drums, the fluctuating dynamics and time signatures, the seemingly random tangents that Villareal\u2019s guitar parts seem to go on\u2014you can see the parallels in all of the combined body of work. They might have streamlined the proceedings and gone a more straightforward route, but it\u2019s almost like they couldn\u2019t even if that\u2019s what they wanted to do.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Still, in its own way, <i>Two<\/i> is kind of a poppy record (with the stress on \u201ckind of\u201d), if you don\u2019t mind fairly obtuse lyrics with the occasional head-slapping pun. What does, \u201cI watched hornets slaughter honey bees,\u201d mean? That line from \u201cThe Lion\u201d is probably not meant to be taken literally, but damned if it\u2019s not an earworm. Throughout the record, even songs that seem fairly straightforward manage to throw a curveball. It\u2019s a neat little trick of hiding in plain sight, being approachable, but standoffish, and <i>Two<\/i> is all the better for it. If historical precedent is any indication, Owls may not make it to <i>Three<\/i> anytime soon, but <i>Two<\/i> is plenty to enjoy in the meantime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an alternate timeline of the alternative nation, the emergence and ultimate disintegration of Chicago\u2019s Cap\u2019n Jazz would be watershed moments<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[34,490,488,489],"class_list":["post-1171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-reviews","tag-album-review","tag-capn-jazz","tag-owls","tag-polyvinyl-records"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Owls Two - The Agit Reader<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/owls-two\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Owls Two - The Agit Reader\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In an alternate timeline of the alternative nation, the emergence and ultimate disintegration of Chicago\u2019s Cap\u2019n Jazz would be watershed moments\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/owls-two\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Agit Reader\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheAgitReader\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-04-03T13:42:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2014-04-10T13:50:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/owls-two.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Dorian S. 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