Biography:
Casiotone for the Painfully Alone (CFTPA) was the beats-and-keys solo project of singer, songwriter and Chicago resident, Owen Ashworth. Drawing heavy influence from traditional Americana as well as 80's synth pop and commercial hip hop, the music of CFTPA is a curious mix of austere character studies and playful electronic programming.
Owen Ashworth started to make music on a small casio keyboard back in 1997. His first two albums, "Answering Machine Music" and "Pocket Symphonies for Lonely Subway Cars
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- Blue Corolla
- Bobby Malone Moves Home
- Cold White Christmas
- Dont They Have Payphones Wherever You Were Last Night
- Half Ghost
- Harsh The Herald Angels Sing
- Holly Hobby
- I Love Creedence
- I Should Have Kissed You When I Had The Chance
- It Wasnt The Same Somehow
- Jeane If Youre Ever In Portland
- Killers
- Love Connection
- Man O War
- Nashville Parthenon
- Natural Light
- New Years Kiss
- Northfield Mn
- Optimist Vs The Silent Alarm When The Saints Go Marching In
- Suitcase In Hand
- Toby Take A Bow
- Tonight Was A Disaster
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- We Have Mice
- White Jetta
- You Were Alone
- Young Shields
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there's a shield around us
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it's invisible & soundless
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& we drink too much & fuck too soon
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smoke cigarettes in rented rooms
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we quit our jobs & shoot the moon
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& cut our wrists & sleep til noon
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there's a shield around us
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we're invincible & boundless
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& we're on the run from I don't know
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we're Patty Hearst & Squeaky Fromme
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asleep on subways far from home
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you'd think we'd never seen a comb
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sent a letter to Mom & Dad
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Mom & Dad the money's running out
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got a letter from Mom & Dad
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they didn't send me anything
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there's a shield around us
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we are heady we are groundless
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& we burn our friends & kill their names
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build insecure & petty fames
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& tattoo things that we believe
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stars & skulls & hearts in half-sleeves
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there's a shield around us
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tell me how is it you've found us
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cause we hide our tracks & watch the ground
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our footfalls they don't make a sound
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we've cursed the names of our hometowns
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we're compassless & nowhere bound
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sent a letter to Mom & Dad
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Mom & Dad the money's running out
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got a letter from Mom & Dad
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I swear to God they don't get me at all
there's a shield around us
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it's invisible & soundless
Am
& we drink too much & fuck too soon
Am
smoke cigarettes in rented rooms
F
we quit our jobs & shoot the moon
G CFC
& cut our wrists & sleep til noon
C
there's a shield around us
C
we're invincible & boundless
Am
& we're on the run from I don't know
Am
we're Patty Hearst & Squeaky Fromme
F
asleep on subways far from home
G CFC
you'd think we'd never seen a comb
F
sent a letter to Mom & Dad
F C
Mom & Dad the money's running out
F
got a letter from Mom & Dad
F C
they didn't send me anything
C
there's a shield around us
C
we are heady we are groundless
Am
& we burn our friends & kill their names
Am
build insecure & petty fames
F
& tattoo things that we believe
G CFC
stars & skulls & hearts in half-sleeves
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there's a shield around us
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tell me how is it you've found us
Am
cause we hide our tracks & watch the ground
Am
our footfalls they don't make a sound
F
we've cursed the names of our hometowns
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we're compassless & nowhere bound
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sent a letter to Mom & Dad
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Mom & Dad the money's running out
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got a letter from Mom & Dad
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I swear to God they don't get me at all
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