Sold Date: November 15, 2018
Start Date: September 11, 2018
Final Price: £27.99 (GBP)
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Always restless and inventive while always true to the power and glory of songwriting and melody, Conor O'��Brien has made another great leap forward with Villagers'�� fourth studio album, The Art of Pretending to Swim.

Following the exquisitely sparse, intimate aura of 2015's Darling Arithmetic, O'��Brien'��s new record reconnects with the multi-faceted approach of Villagers'�� 2010 album debut Becoming 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.

This limited edition LP format supplements the album with a bonus red 10” featuring the tracks Ada (Extended) and This is the Art of Pretending to Swim. It’s only available through independent shops such as ourselves, so don’t dither!

LP / 10”

Includes download

* EXCLUSIVE TO INDEPENDENT RETAILERS *

Tracklist:

1. Again

2. A Trick Of The Light

3. Sweet Saviour

4. Long Time Waiting

5. Fool

6. Love Came With All That It Brings

7. Real Go - Getter

8. Hold Me Down

9. Ada

Barcode: 0887828042838

Catalogue Number: WIGLP428X

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