Familiar Stranger is the fourth solo studio album by Australian indie pop artist, Kevin Mitchell, which was released on 15 March 2013 under his stage name, Bob Evans.

Familiar Stranger was produced by Dean Reid for EMI and provided two singles, "Don't Wanna Grow Up Anymore" (October 2012) and "Go" (February 2013).

By mid-2012, following touring as a member of Jedediah in support of Kosciuzko, Mitchell had commenced work for his fourth Bob Evans album, Familiar Stranger.

With his wife, Kristen, he had become a parent for the first time; he explained to Kathy McCabe of Herald Sun newspaper: "I was very determined not to overdo that side of things.

On 15 October 2012 Mitchell appeared on national radio station, Triple J, on Breakfast with Tom and Alex, to showcase "Don't Wanna Grow Up Anymore".

[5] A music video for the lead single, "Don't Wanna Grow Up Anymore", was released on 26 October and premiered on the Channel V programme, WTF.

[19] He explained in a radio interview on 18 February 2013 that, while the previous two albums are "Nashville-sounding", for Familiar Stranger he sought to "make a record that sounded like an awesome version of my garage."

[21] On 13 March 2013, two days prior to its physical release, it was streamed on the FasterLouder website—in an accompanying article, Tom Mann reported: Familiar Stranger was recorded at Sing Sing Studios in Melbourne throughout 2012 and was mixed by Scott Horscroft (Empire of the Sun, The Sleepy Jackson) and Tony Buchen (Bluejuice, Phrase) who also played bass.

[22]Also in March, during an interview for Drive on ABC Radio National, Mitchell described how fellow Jebediah members "kind of put up with him [Bob Evans]; they tolerate him.

Wood also states that it consists of "the right balance of futuristic folk pop", and concludes: "Overall, Familiar Stranger is not completely immediate; it will definitely take a few rotations to ‘get on board’, so to speak.

McLean praised it, comparing the music to Teenage Fanclub and Big Star, and concluded by asserting that "Mitchell has embraced his maturity and turned it into an advantage".

[26] Writing for the Australian music website TheMusic.com.au, Paul Barbieri distinguished it from previous Bob Evans work by highlighting the more substantial production values.

Barbieri generally praised the album although "Some of the later tracks, like the almost six-minute '[Nothing's Gonna Save Us] From Ourselves', seem to plod a little, but this is a minor gripe for what’s otherwise a great leap forward.