Christopher Owens
“To Take Care of Myself Again”
Chrissybaby Forever (out now on Turnstyle)
Since Girls disbanded in 2012, Christopher Owens has been an artist who seems to be searching for a home. He’s tried hyper-serious 70s folk pastiche (2013’s Lysandre) and kitschy Americana (2014’s A New Testament), but nothing’s seemed to fit quite like the denim cutoffs and tye-dye sadboi vibes turned Girls from a little ‘San Francisco Treat’ into indie rock ‘Giants’ (puns, super intended). That all changed when Chrissybaby Forever dropped out of the sky last week. And while I’ve still yet to digest all of its 16 tracks, it feels like a tasty return to form, topped off with its stirring closer, “To Take Care of Myself Again.” To me, his best tracks are his sweeping ballads (i.e. “Hellhole Ratrace,” “Life in San Francisco,” “Heartbreaker”), and this is cut from the same slice of Golden Gate park quilt that will always be his spiritual home.
