Following on from last year’s debut Aliens, Owensie returns on Saturday 3 November 2012 with a new band, a new sound, and a new record to be launched this autumn. Doors open at 8pm with special guest Patrick O’Brien at 8.15pm.

BYOB & Seated Show. Admission is €6.

Citizens may draw surprise from those familiar with the Dubliner’s classical-guitar-based solo work to date, as his new record kicks off with a heavier and more aggressive sound. The record expresses a simple desire: to make the listener dance, laugh and cry. The album mixes elements of folk, alternative rock, bossa nova, classical, and dance, with the consistent presence of Owensie’s flamenco guitar and doom laden falsetto throughout.

Lyrically, the new record picks up very much where the last one left off. This time around, the ‘Alien’ is exchanged for the now troubled ‘Citizen’, as the meaning of this human category comes into greater questioning during the current ‘economic crisis’ through songs such as ‘Hang Your Head Low’ and ‘The Land’.

Owensie is joined on Citizens by Lewis Hedigan (drums), Julia Mahon (saxophone, string arrangements), Andy Mooney (percussion), Dek Hynes (bass and keys) and Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh (viola). Citizens will be available on LP and digital from Friday, 26th October on Out On A Limb Records.

This will be Owensie’s second time playing Ormston House, after a solo show there in April with Hidden Highways and Peter Delaney. Special guest on the night is Patrick O’Brien (also known for Last Days Of Death Country & windings). The new Owensie LP will be available to buy at the gig (comes with digital code) along with limited copies of ‘Aliens’/’I Saw The Flashing Lights’ Remixes on Cassette. The LP will also be in Wingnut Records at Moviedrome on Henry Street.

www.outonalimbrecords.com