Laneway, 2012. Girls launch into their biggest hit, Lust For Life. The guitarist, a ring-in, sounds off. It wasn’t until the final verse that he realised his capo was a few frets down from where it was supposed to be. It sounded like shit. They didn’t stop and start again. That was some clue that Christopher Owens didn’t give a shit about Girls – what was essentially his solo project. Now he’s back in solo mode proper with Nothing More than Everything to Me, a track that wholeheartedly harks back to country gospel. Owen’s whispered cowboy delivery feels out of place, incongruous to the point where it’s not really worth the effort marrying vocals and lush Nashville production in your mind.
Christopher Owens : Nothing More than Everything to Me
