After retiring his Casiotone for the Painfully Alone moniker—under which he toured and recorded for a decade-plus—in 2010, Chicago singer-songwriter Owen Ashworth started a second musical life as Advance Base. Ashworth’s current project isn’t much of a departure from his Casiotone days—its main components being electronic piano, pre-programmed rhythms and the singer’s melancholic baritone—though it has a slightly more world-weary quality. Advance Base’s most recent full-length is 2015’s Nephew in the Wild, though the following year saw a reissue of its 2012 debut, the quiet and compelling A Shut-In’s Prayer. Ashworth hits The World Famous Tuesday alongside local folkie Claire Cronin and Maine musician Greg Jamie (O’Death).
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