Album review
Villagers have announced their latest album, That Golden Time, with a video for the title track. The follow-up to 2021’s Fever Dreams is scheduled to arrive on May 10 via Domino. Below, check out the Rok Predin-directed video for ‘That Golden Time’ along with the album’s cover art and tracklist.
“I wanted the warmth of the record reflected in its title,” Conor O’Brien explained in a statement. “The song also touches on a theme that keeps cropping up, of romanticism versus realism. How can you have aspirational ideas about yourself and the world around you, whilst being confronted with a harsh, cold reality? The friction interested me.”
“For me, That Golden Time has an internalised voice, so much so that I almost found it impossible to let anyone else in,” he added. “It’s probably the most vulnerable album I’ve made. I played and recorded everything in my apartment, and finally, towards the end, invited people in.” The record features contributions from Dónal Lunny on bouzouki, American songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Peter Broderick on violin, and a group of musicians that O’Brien had first seen performing in a tribute to Ennio Morricone, adding soprano vocal, viola, and cello.
That Golden Time Cover Artwork:
That Golden Time Tracklist:
1. Truly Alone
2. First Responder
3. I Want What I Don’t Need
4. You Lucky One
5. That Golden Time
6. Keepsake
7. Brother Hen
8. No Drama
9. Behind That Curtain
10. Money On The Mind
