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Owl John: “A Good Reason to Grow Old”

from the album Owl John

“Turn your back to the afterlife!” Scott Hutchison proclaims, in an emotional bout of suicidal triumph…”with my head in my hands I resolved to die alone…I was ready to drown in the afterlife, but not anymore – that I finally found a good reason to grow old…oh, how she murders…oh, plunges a knife into the suicide in my blood.” It’s one of the most powerful climaxes I’ve heard in my entire life, and it stems from Frightened Rabbit’s very own frontman. With his solo project Owl John, he has slowed things down and curbed his accent slightly, but his classic wit and charm remain omnipresent through the lyrics and tongue-in-cheek songwriting. “A Good Reason to Grow Old” is as good a reason as any to hop on the Owl John train. Check his official website out out here, and if you would like to purchase this song or the entire album, it is available on iTunes and Amazon.