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Each and every piece of original music you'll hear in the cutesily-titled indie flick Stay the Same Never Change from director Laurel Nakadate was composed by one Owen Ashworth of the depressingly-titled Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, right down to the rings coming off the mobiles in each character's pocket.

The folks at the lengthily-titled People in a Position to Know Recordings have squeezed a few choice nuggets from Ashworth's score onto a brand new vinyl EP-- the descriptively-titled STSNC Instrumentals 7"-- which is available right this instant for preorder. Only 300 of these puppies were made, and Mr. Ashworth will take quite a few copies on his forthcoming, epically-titled Western States Tour MMVIII, which kicks off next week in Los Angeles.

The rest of Owen's recordings for Stay the Same appear on the alliteratively-titled Town Topic 7" EP, which he released via OIB Records in the UK a few months back. The dude plans to a have a special U.S. version of Town Topic on clear vinyl available for sale on tour.

As for the film, Stay the Same Never Change completed a theatrical run in Kansas City back in March, and a DVD release is being planned.

STSNC Instrumentals 7" EP:

01 Twinkle Echo (reverse)
02 Nashville Parthenon (instrumental)
03 STSNC
04 Twinkle Echo (redux)
05 I Like Common
06 Possible Love Interest (ringtone)
07 Bad People (ringtone)
08 OMG (ringtone)
09 Probably Walkin Down the Street (ringtone)
10 Ice Cream Truck (instrumental)

Town Topic 7" EP:

01 Ice Cream Truck
02 Town Topic (instrumental)
03 I Love Creedence (instrumental)
04 Green Cotton Sweater (version)

Casiotone for the Painfully Alone:

05-23 Los Angeles, CA - The Echo
05-24 San Diego, CA - Ché Café
05-25 Tucson, AZ - Solar Culture
05-26 Phoenix , AZ - Trunk Space
05-28 Denver, CO - Hi-Dive
05-29 Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court
05-30 Boise, ID - Neurolux
05-31 Seattle, WA - Vera Project
06-01 Bellingham, WA - WhAAm @ The Old Foundry
06-03 Portland, OR - Artister
06-06 San Francisco, CA - ATA
06-07 San Francisco, CA - Hemlock Tavern