Records, books, and art, direct from El Paisano Records here in Austin, Texas. Everything below ships from the same shelves the merch table draws from — vinyl and CDs signed where noted, art prints of the watercolors, and a couple of things that only exist in small numbers. Orders go through the El Paisano store; these are the shelves.
Closer, Says Love
The new album, out October 23 — ten songs, produced by Gordy Quist at The Finishing School here in Austin. On signed 180-gram vinyl, on signed CD in a six-panel digipak with a lyrics booklet, or as a download. Ordering now means it ships on release day, October 23.
Every lyric on the record also appears in the first section of Watch It Shine, which is why the book pairs with either format. Those two go out together the week of September 25 — about a month before the album itself is out.
Preorder the signed vinyl LP → · Browse the album →
Vinyl
Seven albums on LP, from General Store — reissued for its 25th anniversary — through the signed double LP of Rings on a Tree and the new record above. The live album, Weathered & Live in Austin, is a signed double cut from two nights on stage.
CDs
Signed compact discs with printed lyrics booklets — Rings on a Tree, General Store, Stories They Tell, and the Weathered & Live in Austin double album, plus the new record on preorder above. Most physical albums include a digital download of the record too — each product page says so where it applies.
Digital Albums
Full albums as downloads — MP3, WAV, or FLAC, whichever your ears and hard drive prefer.
Books
Watch It Shine: Drawings, Watercolors, and Lyrics is a signed hardcover collecting the watercolors that have arrived with each new single, the drawings around them, the lyrics they carry, and essays on where the songs and pictures came from. Songfarmer: Writing More and Better Songs, written with Gordy Quist, is the practice book — write, read, listen, perform, kept small enough that you can’t say no.
Browse the books → · More about both on the Books page.
Art Prints
Fine art prints of the watercolors and sketches — venues, landscapes, and roadside places from the road and from home. Seventy-some to choose from, printed to order.
Songwriting Workshop
An afternoon spent working on the craft with other writers — inspiration, editing, cowriting. The current workshop’s date, place, and details are on the workshop page; more on the practice itself at Songwriting.
Handwritten Lyric Sheets
Pick a song and Owen writes the lyrics out by hand — one sheet, one song, signed.
Everything ships from Austin. Some items run out — pressings are finite — so if something shows sold out, it may really be gone.