Owl City | Pop review

Shepherd's Bush Empire, London"Shepherd's Bush!" Adam "Owl City" Young says wonderingly. "The Rolling Stones played here, and stuff? And David Bowie?" As if to confirm that he is no Rolling Stone or Bowie, he plays "a silly song" about his fear of dentists, called Dental Care. There is something very commendable about a pop singer who's prepared to wave goodbye to his cool by singing silly songs – not that Young has much cool to lose. An unrepentantly wholesome electropop act from Owatonna, Mi...

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