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Shares new song 'Again'; ascending track about self-renewal
The Art Of Pretending To Swim out Sept 21
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Photo credit: Rich Gilligan
With the release of The Art Of Pretending To Swim nearing closer - out Sept 21st via Domino - Villagers also reveal a new track 'Again'. The album's opener, it belies its acoustically finger-picked origins as it builds steadily over a propulsive 808 kick drum, ultimately becoming a Moog-soaked epic of a tune and an exploration of self-renewal: "I've found again a place in my heart again / For God again in the form of Art again."
Following the exquisitely sparse, intimate aura of 2015's Darling Arithmetic, Conor O'Brien's new record reconnects with the multi-faceted approach of Villagers' 2010 album debutBecoming A Jackal and 2013's {Awayland} while adding a new-found soulfulness, rhythmic nous and dazzling panoply of sonic detail, both analogue and digital, creating feverish moods while writing effortlessly accessible tunes. Balanced with subtle aspects and lyrical themes that embrace existential fears and hopes in this desperate, technologically-centred dystopian age, The Art Of Pretending To Swim is the most
brilliantly realised Villagers album to date.
Watch the previously shared videos for 'A Trick Of The Light' and 'Fool' - both directed by Bob
Gallagher.
O'Brien has a string of accolades under his belt including two Ivor Novello Awards (the most recent being 2016's Album Award for Darling Arithmetic), two Mercury Music Prize nominations and is also a previous winner of Ireland's Choice Music Prize. Additionally, Villagers' music recently featured in the high profile HBO drama 'Big Little Lies', Conor has collaborated with the composer Nico Muhly (that track featuring in the forthcoming Paulo Sorrentino Berlusconi biopic 'Loro 2') and Villagers' Spotify session of 'Nothing Arrived' has hit over 100 million streams.
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Photo credit: Rich Gilligan
TOUR:
2018
Mon 24th Sept - Banquet Records, London
Tues 25th Sept - Rough Trade East, London **SOLD OUT**
Wed 17th Oct - Rescue Rooms, Nottingham
Thurs 18th Oct - Garage, Glasgow
Fri 19th Oct - Gorilla, Manchester **SOLD OUT**
Sun 21st Oct - Wardrobe, Leeds
Mon 22nd Oct - O2 Academy 2, Oxford
Tues 23rd Oct - Hackney Arts Centre, London **SOLD OUT**
Thurs 25th Oct - Arts Club, Liverpool
Sat 27th Oct - Metropolis Festival, RDS, Dublin
Tues 30th Oct - Trinity, Bristol
Wed 31st Oct - Old Market, Brighton **SOLD OUT**
Thurs 1st Nov - La Madeleine, Brussels
Sat 3rd Nov - Zoom, Frankfurt
Mon 5th Nov - Vega, Copenhagen
Tues 6th Nov - Gruenspan, Hamburg
Thurs 8th Nov - Kesselhaus, Berlin
Fri 9th Nov - Hybrydy, Warsaw
Sat 10th Nov - Futurum, Prague
Mon 12th Nov - Doornroosje, Nijmegen
Tues 13th Nov - Melkweg (Old Hall), Amsterdam
Wed 14th Nov - Trabendo, Paris
Fri 16th Nov - Le Boucau, Biarritz
Sun 18th Nov - Kafe Antzokia, Bilbao
Mon 19th Nov - Chango, Madrid
Tues 20th Nov - Razzmatazz 2, Barcelona
Thurs 22nd Nov - Ridotto Teatro Regio, Parma
Fri 23rd Nov - Spazio 211, Turin
Sat 24th Nov - Port-Franc, Sion
Mon 26th Nov - Papiersaal, Zurich
Tues 27th Nov - Kulturkirche, Cologne
Wed 28th Nov - Tivoli Vredenburg, Utrecht
Mon 10th Dec - Empire Music Hall, Belfast
Wed 12th Dec - Dolans, Limerick
Thurs 13th Dec - Black Box, Galway
Fri 14th Dec - The Set Theatre, Kilkenny **SOLD OUT**
2019
Thurs 28th Feb - The Roundhouse, London
Fri 1st March - Cathedral, Manchester
Sat 2nd March - Wylam Brewery, Newcastle
Tickets will go on general sale Fri 14th Sept
The Art Of Pretending To Swim is available to pre-order on Domino Mart-exclusive deluxe LP (includes 10" of a 12-minute version of 'Ada' and B-side 'This Is The Art Of Pretending To Swim' plus signed lyric booklet), Deluxe LP (includes 'Ada'/' This Is The Art Of Pretending To Swim' 10"), Standard LP, CD and Digitally. Pre-order: Dom Mart | Digital
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