Adam Young, the one-man band from Owatonna, Minn., who goes by the name Owl City, recorded his major-label debut, "Ocean Eyes," in his parents' basement in the late '00s, emerged briefly to become a ...

Adam Young, the 24-year-old mastermind behind Owl City, never goes too deep. In fact, he barely skims the surface on his third album. “Tiny feathers kiss your face,” he sings on opener “The Real World ...

From the opening notes of Owl City’s “All Things Bright and Beautiful,” there’s something — I don’t know — familiar about the music. The tunes slide into place beside you like an old friend. These ...