After “Downward Spiral,” Christopher Owens Makes First Album in a Decade

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Christopher Owens — formerly of the San Francisco indie band, Girls — talks about his first album in nearly a decade.

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Christopher Owens  formerly of the San Francisco indie band, Girls — talks about his first album in nearly a decade. It arrives after a tumultuous time in his life. In recent years he got in a motorcycle accident, went through a breakup, and became homeless after he moved out. Then in 2020, his Girls bandmate and collaborator, Chet “JR” White, died at the age of 40. He talks about those moments, his new album, and about growing up in the Children of God cult. 

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