Villagers "That Golden Time" Color:Black rushes forward and briefly leaves

rushes forward and briefly leaves the ground due to the gossamer guest vocals of Slowdive's Rachel Goswell

it's no small thing to identify a particular album as their darkest

Twelve years in the making

committed suicide

as she sings

Villagers "That Golden Time" Color:Black rushes forward and briefly leavesFollowing the kaleidoscopic adventure of Villagers fifth album Fever Dreams, award winning Dublin singer songwriter instrumentalist dramatist Conor OBrien returns with the intimate inventory that he has named That Golden Time. No less intense than its more feverish predecessor, the exquisite new album un furls OBriens trademark melodic flair, his gift for simultaneously vivid and subtle arrangements and lyrics that couch his hopes, fears and dreams in