Villagers have a third entitled Darling Arithmetic coming out on April 10th on Domino Records.
The followup to {Awayland} is billed as an “intimate album entirely about love and relationships.”
It was recorded at home in in O’Brien’s farmhouse loft with Conor playing every instrument – guitar, piano, Mellotron and brushes.
It sounds like a stripped-down affair and the first single ‘Courage’ espouses the ideas of the album: “It took a little time to get where I wanted / It took a little time to get free / It took a little time to be honest / It took a little time to be me,” O’Brien sings in plaintive and emotive quiet fashion.
The video was also directed by O’Brien:
Darling Arithmetic Pre-order: Domino | iTunes.
Darling Arithmetic Tracklisting:
1. Courage
2. Everything I Am Is Yours
3. Dawning On Me
4. Hot Scary Summer
5. The Soul Serene
6. Darling Arithmetic
7. Little Bigot
8. No one To Blame
9. So Naïve
Live gigs
05 Feb – CLONAKILTY Debarras (sold-out)
06 Feb – DUNDALK Spirit Store (sold-out)
20 Feb – UK: HEBDEN BRIDGE Trades Club
20-22nd Feb – UK: TYNESIDE: 6 Music Festival
Photo: Andrew Whitton
Album artwork: David Hedderman
Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005. He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Cara Magazine, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, co-founder of Lumo Club, event curator, Indie Sleaze club promoter, and producer of gigs and monthly listening parties & events in Dublin.
