Owl City Announces New Albums
New York, NY – Owl City has announced
details of his new full-length studio album The Midsummer Station – due
out August 21st on Universal Republic. It was a month ago when we
announced news of the new album and gave fans a taste of what to expect
with the release the Shooting Star EP on Tuesday, May 15th.Since then,
through a series of incredibly successful Twitter interviews where
#OCTMS trended worldwide, Owl City revealed the details of the album
along with the incredible cover art.
Owl City’s Adam Young took a bold step
forward on the new album by choosing to work with co-writers and outside
producers for the first time. For example when it came to working on
“Shooting Star” – the first song released and one of the focus tracks on
the album – he enlisted his friend Matt Thiessen (Relient K), Stargate
(Rihanna, Wiz Khalifa) and Robopop (Maroon 5), and on “Gold” – another
focus track on the album – he enlisted the team of Josh Crosby, Nate
Campany, and Emily Wright (Dr. Luke’s engineer).
In addition, Young is joined by two very
exciting guests on the new album. On “Dementia”, Young is joined by one
of his heroes, blink-182′s Mark Hoppus. The song documents some of the
more psychotic thoughts and feelings Young dealt with in the wake of his
platinum debut album Ocean Eyes and one of the more rock-inspired cuts
on the new album. And on the album’s first single, the incredibly
infectious pop gem “Good Time” (written and produced by Adam Young, with
Matthew Thiessen and Brian Lee as co-writers), Young is joined in a
duet by “Call Me Maybe” star Carly Rae Jepsen.
When asked about working with Jepsen, Young said:
I love Carly’s song “Call Me Maybe”. I remember hearing it for the first time and immediately became a huge fan of hers – it is absolutely contagious. A bit later, I actually found out that she had known of my music for a while and even went to a couple of shows of mine in Vancouver so I definitely knew I wanted to collaborate with her.
I love Carly’s song “Call Me Maybe”. I remember hearing it for the first time and immediately became a huge fan of hers – it is absolutely contagious. A bit later, I actually found out that she had known of my music for a while and even went to a couple of shows of mine in Vancouver so I definitely knew I wanted to collaborate with her.
And Jepsen had this to say about working with Young:
This song is pure, sweet summer. Big thanks to Adam for letting me sing on it. I hope it makes people smile.Abandon all plans and take an impromptu road trip!This mutual admiration and excitement to work together can be heard on “Good Time” – an undeniable summer anthem.
This song is pure, sweet summer. Big thanks to Adam for letting me sing on it. I hope it makes people smile.Abandon all plans and take an impromptu road trip!This mutual admiration and excitement to work together can be heard on “Good Time” – an undeniable summer anthem.
By embracing the idea of working with
others, Young was able to grow as an artist and producer and really
explore new aspects of song writing and production. This openness was
born out of several positive experiences collaborating with other
artists including Paul van Dyk (“Eternity”) and Armin van Buuren
(“Youtopia”). The eleven songs on the new album reflect this growth
while still retaining Young’s synthdriven melodic pop sensibility.
As Owl City gears up for the release of
The Midsummer Station on August 21st, the band will embark on a short
North American promo tour, prior to announcing a full World Tour on July
9th. The trek has Owl City playing intimate venues in most stops along
the way (many of which are already sold out). Confirmed dates below and
for ticket details please visit www.owlcitymusic.com.
taken from http://www.popcultureonline.net/
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