Owls
| Owls | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| origin | Chicago , United States |
| Genre (s) | Emo , indie rock |
| founding | 2001, 2012 |
| resolution | 2002 |
| Current occupation | |
| Tim Kinsella | |
| Victor Villarreal | |
| Sam back | |
| Mike Kinsella | |
Owls is an American emo band from Chicago , Illinois .
Band history
Owls first formed in 2001 under the name The Civil War and was supposed to represent a revival of the legendary emo formation Cap'n Jazz , which had disbanded in 1995. The Owls line-up consisted of the brothers Tim Kinsella and Mike Kinsella along with Victor Villarreal and Sam Zurick. Tim Kinsella and Zurick already played together with Joan of Arc , Villarreal and Zurick in turn played instrumental rock together with Ghosts and Vodka . Davey von Bohlen , also a member of the original formation, had founded the emo band The Promise Ring and therefore did not participate in the new line-up. Owls released a longplayer under the band name on Jade Tree Records in 2001 , but broke up in 2002 after a compilation contribution, allegedly due to Victor Villarreal's heroin addiction. While Mike Kinsella started his solo project Owen after the breakup , Zurick and Tim Kinsella continued to make music together on Kinsella's project Friend / Enemy . Victor Villarreal founded Noyes .
In 2012 the band decided to start over and released the album Two in 2014 .
Discography
Albums
- 2001: Owls (Jade Tree Records)
- 2014: Two ( polyvinyl )
Compilation Contributions
- 2002: We are the Owls - Oil Chicago Punk Refined Compilation ( Thick Records )