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Dec 2, 2014Stripped-down and intimate, Other People’s Songs is a gorgeous collection of punk favorites that, when paired with Kinsella’s relaxed tone and restrained strums, take on a fresh and organic feel.
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Alternative PressDec 1, 2014It's only the countrified twang of the Promise Ring's "Forget Me"--which should be the most emo song here--that doesn't really work. Everything else is delightful and, naturally, delightfully sad. [Jan 2015, p.94]
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Dec 1, 2014Like the best of any collections of covers, Other People's Songs offers a completely unexpected perspective and at the same time makes us want to revisit the original versions and investigate the differences.
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Dec 1, 2014Each of its eight tracks--most of them gems from punk stalwarts such as Against Me! and Smoking Popes--use solo-Kinsella’s musical tricks to convert aggression into snow-sprinkled majesty, revealing a tenderness and surreal imagery that weren’t as apparent in the original versions.
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Dec 1, 2014Kinsella's intelligent reinterpretations of the works of his contemporaries seem like they might represent a nice point of entry for those ready to delve into his work as Owen.
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Dec 9, 2014Though the comfort zone is where Owen primarily operates, it is when Other People’s Songs stretches the furthest--as it also does with its fragile declawing of Lungfish’s “Descender”--that it becomes the most rewarding.