Owen Adamcik has been self-releasing home-recorded power pop and poppy punk stuff at a prolific rate for a couple years now. He has titled his latest EP The Owens, and he's definitely going for a classic power pop sound on these five tracks. The cover art makes The Nerves influence obvious, and the songs confirm it. Adamcik takes a very minimalist, DIY approach to that spirit of '79 sound and genuinely pulls it off. None of these songs last much longer than a minute, yet they are all tuneful, well-crafted, and convincingly heartfelt. Adamcik is literally a one-man band here. He plays all the instruments and produces and still manages to achieve a warm, clean sound that will appeal to power pop enthusiasts. The inspirations behind these songs are no great secret, but Owen Adamcik shows that he's seriously talented and a person with a bright future in power pop.
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