New Leaves

New Leaves
Studio album by Owen
Released	September 22, 2009
Genre	Indie rock
Length	38:38
Label	Polyvinyl, Hobbledehoy
Producer	Brian Deck
Owen chronology
The Seaside EP (2009) New Leaves (2009) Ghost Town (2011)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	81/100 [1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Alternative Press	[3]
The A.V. Club	A– [4]
Billboard	[5]
Filter	76% [6]
Sputnikmusic	4/5 [7]
The 405	9/10 [8]

New Leaves is the fifth studio album by Chicago artist Mike Kinsella under the name Owen.

Background and release

On February 13, 2009, "New Leaves" was posted on Owen's Myspace account. It was mentioned that Owen was in process of writing and demoing for their next album. ^[9] On July 23, 2009, New Leaves was announced for release in two months' time. Alongside this, the album's artwork and track listing was posted online. ^[10] On September 16, 2009, a music video was released for "Good Friends, Bad Habits". ^[11] New Leaves was released on September 22, 2009, on Polyvinyl Records.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"New Leaves"	4:12
2.	"Good Friends, Bad Habits"	3:54
3.	"A Trenchant Critique"	2:48
4.	"Never Been Born"	4:43
5.	"Amnesia and Me"	3:41
6.	"Brown Hair in a Bird's Nest"	4:30
7.	"Too Scared to Move"	3:35
8.	"The Only Child of Aergia"	4:06
9.	"Ugly on the Inside"	2:56
10.	"Curtain Call"	4:13
Total length:		38:38

References

1. "Reviews for New Leaves by Owen". Metacritic . Retrieved May 11, 2025.
2. Donelson, Marcy (September 22, 2009). "New Leaves - Owen". AllMusic . Retrieved May 11, 2025.
3. New Leaves benfits from Kinsells'a vibrant looping and somber monotone lyricism. [Nov 2009]
4. Hawthorne, Marc (September 22, 2009). "Owen: New Leaves". The A.V. Club . Retrieved May 11, 2025.
5. Billboard Staff (September 25, 2009). "Owen, "New Leaves"". Billboard . Retrieved May 11, 2025.
6. Whether constantly questioning or dismissively venting, Kinsella's got a true and clever wit to complement his writer eye and musician's ear. [Fall 2009, p.96]
7. EMERITUS, Athom (September 29, 2009). "Owen - New Leaves". Sputnikmusic . Retrieved May 11, 2025.
8. Evans, Rob (September 16, 2009). "Owen - New Leaves". The 405 . Archived from the original on May 19, 2012. Retrieved May 11, 2025.
9. "Owen posts "New Leaves"". Alternative Press. Alternative Press Magazine, Inc. February 13, 2009. Retrieved August 1, 2017.
10. Paul, Aubin (July 23, 2009). "Owen to release 'New Leaves'". Punknews.org. Retrieved October 10, 2022.
11. Paul, Aubin (September 16, 2009). "Owen: 'Good Friends, Bad Habits'". Punknews.org. Retrieved October 11, 2022.