Album of the Week – 10/05/24

It’s a sunny day in Dublin and there are plenty of good new albums to listen to. I can’t think of a single reason to complain!

Two of our favourites have released new albums with Arab Strap (I’m totally fine with it don’t give a fuck anymore) and Les Savy Fav (OUI, LSF) both releasing new sounds. Les Savy Fav are one of the best live bands on the planet so don’t miss them in Whelans in a few weeks.

There are also albums from Amen Dunes (Death Jokes), Jim White and Marisa Anderson (Swallowtail), Angus & Julia Stone (Cape Forestier) and Mick Harvey (Five Ways to Say Goodbye).

For our album of the week, we’ve gone for the chilled-out sounds of the Villagers, with their new album That Golden Time.

Album of the Week — Villagers – That Golden Time

Following the kaleidoscopic adventure of Villagers’ fifth album Fever Dreams, award-winning Dublin singer-songwriter-instrumentalist-dramatist Conor O’Brien 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 O’Brien’s trademark melodic flair, his gift for simultaneously vivid and subtle arrangements and lyrics that couch his hopes, fears and dreams in richly absorbing poetry.

Albums of Note:

— Amen Dunes – Death Jokes

— Angus & Julia Stone – Cape Forestier

— Arab Strap –  I’m totally fine with it  don’t give a fuck anymore

— Grouplove – I Want It All Right Now (Deluxe)

— Ghostface Killah – Set the Tone

— Jim White and Marisa Anderson – Swallowtail

— Les Savy Fav – OUI, LSF

— Mick Harvey – Five Ways to Say Goodbye

May 10th:

— A.G. Cook – Britpop

— Abigail Lapell – Anniversary

— Alec Benjamin – 12 Notes

— Amen Dunes – Death Jokes

— Amy O – Mirror, Reflect

— Andra Day – CASSANDRA (cherith)

— Angus & Julia Stone – Cape Forestier

— Arab Strap –  I’m totally fine with it   don’t give a fuck anymore

— Arcadia Grey – Casually Crashing

— awfultune – unreleased demos II EP

— Bear McCreary – The Singularity

— Bibi Club – Feu De Garde

— Big Special – Postindustrial Hometown Blues

— Blancmange – Everything Is Connected (The Best of Blancmange 1979 – 2024)

— Bossk – .4

— Chick Corea & Béla Fleck – Remembrance

— Clementine Was Right – Tell Your You’re Going Home

— Dehd – Poetry

— Dreamer Boy – Lonestar

— Emmy Meli – Hello Stranger EP

— Flamingosis – Better Will Come

— flypaper – another orbit EP

— The FMs – Pink + Black

— Gabrielle – A Place in Your Heart

— Ghostface Killah – Set the Tone

— Greensky Bluegrass – The Iceland Sessions EP

— Grouplove – I Want It All Right Now (Deluxe)

— Gunna – One of Wun

— HAAL – Back to Shilmarine EP

— Hot Water Music – Vows

— How to Dress Well – I Am Toward You

— I. JORDAN – I AM JORDAN

— Iglooghost – Tidal Memory Exo

— Incubus – Morning View XXIII

— Iodine – Sketchbook 1999-2001

— Jack Manley – Unmeasurable Terms

— Jackie West – Close to the Mystery

— Jim White and Marisa Anderson – Swallowtail

— Jordan Rakei – The Loop

— Josienne Clarke – Parenthesis

— Judah & The Lion – The Process

— Julia Pratt – Family Feud EP

— Karin Ann – through the telescope

— Keane – Hopes and Fears (20th Anniversary Edition)

— Kelsey Waldon – There’s Always a Song

— Kiefer Trio – Something For Real

— Kings of Leon – Can We Please Have Fun

— Knocked Loose – You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To

— Laibach – Opus Dei (Deluxe Edition)

— Lei Hope – Matrices EP

— Les Savy Fav – OUI, LSF

— Lewis OfMan – HEY LOU EP

— Like Moths to Flames – The Cycles of Trying to Cope

— Lily Rose – Runnin’ Outta Time EP

— Lunchbox – Pop and Circumstance

— Mandoki Soulmates – A Memory of Our Future

— Mary Lattimore and Walt McClements – Rain on the Road

— Mick Harvey – Five Ways to Say Goodbye

— Milan Ring – Mangos

— MRCY – VOLUME 1

— Myriam Gendron – Mayday

— Orville Peck – Stampede Vol. 1

— Pete Muller – More Time

— Pokey LaFarge – Rhumba Country

— Powerman 5000 – Abandon Ship

— Rainbow Kitten Surprise – Love Hate Music Box

— Ricky Montgomery – Rick(y)

— Scotty McCreery – Rise and Fall

— Sebastian Bach – Child Within the Man

— Shannon and the Clams – The Moon is in the Wrong Place

— Side Saddle – Forever and a Little While EP

— Six Feed Under – Killing for Revenge

— The Sonic Dawn – Phantom

— Sonic Universe (feat. Corey Glover of Living Colour) – It Is What It Is

— Speed Dealer Moms (feat. John Frusciante) – Birth Control Pill EP

— Stephan Moccio – Legends, Myths and Lavendar

— Stretch Arm Strong – The Revealing EP

— Sturgill Simpson – Metamodern Sounds in Country Music (Reissue)

— Sublime with Rome – Sublime with Rome

— SYK – eartHFlesh

— Take Offense – T.O.tality

— Tom Skinner (of The Smile) – Voices of Bishara Live at “mu”

— Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats – Nell’ Ora Blu

— vaultboy – everything and nothing

— Various Artists – I Saw the TV Glow (The Original Soundtrack)

— Various Artists – Stereophonic (Original Cast Recording)

— Victoria Bigelow – Songs For No One Vol. 2 EP

— Villagers – That Golden Time

— Xana – The Sex Was Good Until It Wasn’t

— Yaya Bey – Ten Fold

— youbet – Way To Be