#darling arithmetic

1675. Villagers - Darling Arithmetic (Domino - 2015)

Ce troisième album de Conor O’Brien respire la sérénité d’un classique sans âge. Il se déguste sans fin.

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So, excuse me while I fly

High up above this broken town

As I look down

On all the people as they say

That they’re always here to help

In my heart I know, that they

Couldn’t catch me if I fell

Only you could take the weight

Of this ancient, wicked spell

Then you’ll have no one to blame

Guess you’ve got no one to blame

Then you’ll have no one to blame

Hot Scary Summer – Villagers

“Garton vio a Mellon y a Hagarty contoneándose cogidos de la cintura y soltando risitas como un par de chicas. Al principio pensó que, en verdad, eran dos chicas. Luego reconoció a Mellon, pues ya se lo habían señalado antes. Y en ese momento vio que Mellon se volvía a Hagarty… y que los dos se besaban por un instante.

-¡Voy a vomitar, macho! -exclamó Telaraña, asqueado.

Con él iban Chris Unwin y…

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#16 - VILLAGERS - “DARLING ARITHMETIC”

less ambitious and less experimental than villagers’ previous two mercury prize nominated albums, “darling arithmetic” offers intimate, subdued, laid-back indie folk that thematically often focuses on singer-songwriter conor o’brien “coming out of the closet”. unlike the albums before, this one is completely a solo record, since every instrument was played and recorded by o’brien himself.

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#15 - KAIL BAXLEY - “A LIGHT THAT NEVER DIES”

a genre-bending debut lp by kail baxley. originally from south carolina, the now los angeles-based singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist effortlessly combines blues, soul, gospel, pop, and rock to create a collection of songs which are all shot through with baxley’s fascinating voice that carries a strong resemblance to ray lamontagne.

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#14 - LOWER DENS - “ESCAPE FROM EVIL”

american guitarist, lead vocalist and lower den’s androgynous frontwoman jana hunter and her bandmates have created their most accessible, and, ultimately, best work to date, with groovy new-wave guitar licks, 80′s-sounding synths, confessional lyrics and hunter’s resonant vocals. their overall sound reminds me much of a mix between beach house and wild beasts. 

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#13 - EDITORS - “IN DREAM”