Seedlings EP by Sweet Sweater / Owen the Descender
Tracks 1 & 3 performed by Owen the Descender
Track 1 written by Johnny Marr and Morrissey
Originally performed by The Smiths
Track 3 written by Konnor Ervin
Originally performed by The ACBs
Recorded at home in CO
Tracks 2 & 4 performed by Sweet Sweater
Track 2 written by David Lowery
Originally performed by Camper Van Beethoven
Track 4 written by Damon Albarn
Originally performed by Gorillaz
Recorded at home in OK
Mastered by Cameron Hawk
Cutout art by Seth Chandler
Layout by Cameron Hawk
Tracklist
| 1. | What Difference Does it Make? | 3:28 |
| 2. | Take the Skinheads Bowling | 2:27 |
| 3. | Ocean | 2:36 |
| 4. | On Melancholy Hill | 6:32 |
Credits
released January 12, 2024
The first in a series of split EPs from Dumb Ghost co-founders Seth Chandler (Sweet Sweater) and Cameron Hawk (Owen the Descender), Seedlings presents their two extremely different projects in a similar way - stripped-down, intimate, and uncompromising. Recorded at their respective homes (Chandler on his laptop, Hawk on his phone), these 4 cover songs give an unfiltered glance into the roots and creative voices of the two artists.
For this EP, each of the boys offer up interpretations ranging from faithful to full-180s to almost-not-even-covers (noting the creative license taken with some lyrics, among other things). This idea of breadth extends into the territory of songwriters represented, pitting enormous art-pop act Gorillaz against cult alternative bands like The Smiths and Camper Van Beethoven. On the other end of the spectrum are scrappy power-poppers The ACBs (from Kansas City, an old stomping ground for the Dumb Ghost guys), a band who Hawk claims "made two of the best albums of the last 20 years," but broke up before breaking out of their region.
Seedlings comes hot on the heels of Sweet Sweater's debut full-length I Guess This Is The Future (released October 2023), an album that firmly cemented the homegrown, Folktronica aesthetic of Chandler's previous singles and EP. Hawk may have slightly more reason to celebrate as this is the first new release of any kind under the Owen the Descender name in over 20 years, picking right back up with the spontaneous home-recording approach of 2003's Record Geek Heaven and stripping it down all the way to the bare essentials of voice and guitar.
The first in a series of split EPs from Dumb Ghost co-founders Seth Chandler (Sweet Sweater) and Cameron Hawk (Owen the Descender), Seedlings presents their two extremely different projects in a similar way - stripped-down, intimate, and uncompromising. Recorded at their respective homes (Chandler on his laptop, Hawk on his phone), these 4 cover songs give an unfiltered glance into the roots and creative voices of the two artists.
For this EP, each of the boys offer up interpretations ranging from faithful to full-180s to almost-not-even-covers (noting the creative license taken with some lyrics, among other things). This idea of breadth extends into the territory of songwriters represented, pitting enormous art-pop act Gorillaz against cult alternative bands like The Smiths and Camper Van Beethoven. On the other end of the spectrum are scrappy power-poppers The ACBs (from Kansas City, an old stomping ground for the Dumb Ghost guys), a band who Hawk claims "made two of the best albums of the last 20 years," but broke up before breaking out of their region.
Seedlings comes hot on the heels of Sweet Sweater's debut full-length I Guess This Is The Future (released October 2023), an album that firmly cemented the homegrown, Folktronica aesthetic of Chandler's previous singles and EP. Hawk may have slightly more reason to celebrate as this is the first new release of any kind under the Owen the Descender name in over 20 years, picking right back up with the spontaneous home-recording approach of 2003's Record Geek Heaven and stripping it down all the way to the bare essentials of voice and guitar.
