7.1
Avg Score
5
Opinions
#26,918
All Time
9
Tracks
“Words: George Mcmillan Villagers’ 2010 debut ‘Becoming A Jackal’ came out at a time where acoustic guitar music was in vogue and the charts were flooded with the likes of Mumford and Sons, Ed Sheeran and Ben Howard. Eight years on, singer-songwriter Conor O’Brien has proved he’s not a one-trick pony, capable of making more than just dainty guitar music. ‘The Art Of Pretending To Swim’ is the band”
“The Art of Pretending to Swim is Villagers' most essential release to date”
“It seems like everybody is having an existential crisis these days. And yes, in ‘this current climate’ it would be difficult not to question the ways that we live, and the reasons why. The upside is that we have records dealing with crises of faith and conscience, as on Conor O’Brien’s fifth album. The indie-folk musician’s latest is a lyrical mesh of fears and hopes, all held together by an abidi”
