DETAILS
TRACKS
Side A
- the habsburg jaw
- eyelash
- mcmansions
- villagers
Side B
- comedy
- ox-eye
- halloween
- skunkish
- sweetly
RELEASE DATE
5/19/2023
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Part experimental indie and part ‘70s soft rock, Califone’s first record in three years finds creative force Tim Rutili reaching new levels of harmony, fragility, and confidence. With recording sessions in four different cities and a cadre of hyper-talented collaborators (here including longtime cohorts Ben Massarella, Michael Krassner, Rachel Blumberg, Max Knouse and Brian Deck, as well as the likes of Nora O'Connor and Finom's Macie Stewart) villagers' nine compositions stretch out just as far, incorporating elements of classic radio pop and electronic experimentation into the mix.
Whether detailing aging goths retaining their identity through year-long spooky decorations (“Halloween”), an imagined conversation with an inbred monarch (“Habsburg Jaw”), or the conflicts between identity and technology (“Ox-Eye”), Villagers’ nine tracks spread out and luxuriates in the messy darkness of modern life. Like sitting in awe on the porch swing at the end of the world, Califone’s latest marvels at the edge of the universe spreading into the darkness of infinity.
EXPLORE

Gabadon
On Gabadon

Boxhead Ensemble
Ancient Music

Marisa Anderson & Tara Jane O'Neil
For All We Know

Blue Cranes
My Only Secret

Johanna Samuels
Bystander

Jenny Conlee
Tides: Pieces For Accordion And Piano

The Hackles
What a beautiful thing I have made

The Hackles
Song For The Fool

Eyelids
A Colossal Waste Of Light

The Delines
The Lost Duets

Jon Brion
Meaningless

Martha Scanlan & Jon Neufeld
Last Stars First Light

No. 2
First Love

José Medeles
Railroad Cadences & Melancholic Anthems

Dave Depper
Moon Safari

Federale
Our Side Of Their Story

Adam Selzer
Slow Decay

The Delines
The Sea Drift

Martha Scanlan & Jon Neufeld
Desert Rebel + Turning The Corner

Motrik
MØØN: The Cosmic Electrics of MØTRIK

Eyelids
Eyelids Dubble Live!

Chris Funk
Songs For Dog Fitness

Chainsaw Records
Chainsaw Records Bundle

Longstocking
Singles & Demos: 1994-1998

Infinite X's
Infinite X's

Longstocking
Once Upon A Time Called Now

Dave Depper
Europa

The Hackles
Making Baby Keys In The Darkness + Houses

Califone
Needle In The Hay + Crazy As A Loon

Jeff London
Trouble Trust

Motrik
Artificial Head

Slanted Floors
Pink Heaven

Chris Funk
The Painted Porch

No. 2
You Might Be Right

Marisa Anderson & Tara Jane O'Neil
You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To

Eyelids
The Accidental Falls

John Cameron Mitchell & Eyelids
Turning Time Around EP

Califone
Echo Mine

The Delines
Eight Floors Up

The Hackles
A Dobritch Did As A Dobritch Should

Federale
No Justice

Defective AI
A Book Of Coherent Warnings

Team Dresch
Your Hands My Pockets

Eyelids
Jay Gonzalez Sings Eyelids Sings Jay Gonzalez Sings Eyelids

Old Unconscious
Lyle

Eamon Fogarty
Blue Values

Team Dresch
Choices, Chances, Changes: Singles & Comptracks 1994-2000

Team Dresch
Captain My Captain
