Singer-songwriter Owen Marchildon delves into the dark side of fame with “Celebrity Singles” » // MELODIC Magazine

Owen Marchildon is a songwriter and guitarist who has been part of the Toronto music scene since 2002. 2024 has Owen He lifts the veil of all his previous monikers and releases new music under his own name, starting with the sweet pop ode to his wife, “Heavy Dreams.”

His latest publication, “Celebrity Singlesis a jangly rock’n’roll song about the loneliness and isolation of fame and the endless energy it takes to keep the dream alive. After all, “nothing lasts forever in Hollywood except plastic surgery and sunny weather.” Longtime bandmates and collaborators, Jordan Bruce And Brent Houghspread the sound and complement the style, imagination and structure of Owen’s songwriting.

Have you ever thought about being famous? The big salaries, the luxurious lifestyle, the endless admiration? Being recognized everywhere you go. For most of us, that would be like a dream. But what if you actually became famous overnight? Would you be prepared to be praised and diabolically disfigured in the same month? Would you be able to hold on to your personality and not become a fabrication that people write about? – Owen Marchildon

Owen MarchildonThe creative output is enormous; since 2005 he has independently produced numerous pieces of his own music: 10 full-length albums, an EP and several singles under four different names: Purple Hill, Rough Skeletons, Marchildon! and High Wasted. Owen has also played bass for the critically acclaimed math rock quartet, From Fiction, and later for Julie Kendall’s surf soul project 1977.

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