Out on a Limb

By now, the four Owls onstage have known each other for so long that to them, there's nothing strange about recording in the place where two of them go to bed. They might not even realize how deeply they've influenced one another. "I feel like we got lucky, that we share a certain sensibility," says LaBonne. But it hadn't occurred to her that the Hang Ups might have shaped that sensibility. In the end, as in all things, luck might have nothing to do with it.

Meanwhile, the Owls have important questions to answer from the Bryant-Lake crowd, such as:

Nick Vlcek

Nick Vlcek

The Owls: Allison LaBonne, Brian Tighe, Maria May and John Jerry

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"Buy or sell?"

"Should I go to grad school or just work?"

"Will my back ever heal?"

"Should I pimp my MySpace page out, or focus my energy on starting a Facebook account?"

"And that's what's on all of our minds tonight," says Jones at the end of the show, having read all the questions, as the Owls riff on the chord changes to "Isaac Bashevis Singer."

"I want to thank all of you for coming out," he adds. "You can find more about Radio8Ball at radio8ball.com. You can find more about the Owls by living in Minneapolis."

THE OWLS perform a CD-release show with Elk on THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, at THE CEDAR; 612.338.2674

SAMPLE MP3 FILES:

• "The Way On" (3:01): Download MP3
• "Peppermint Patty" (3:12): Download MP3
• "All Those In Favor" (2:23): Download MP3

VISIT OUR SLIDESHOW GALLERY with photos by Nick Vlcek.

ELSEWHERE ON THE WEB:

• The Owls' home page and MySpace
• Purchase the band's new release, "Daughters and Suns."