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

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

Team Dresch
Team Dresch "Ghost Coyote" T

Fruit Bats
Tripper (Deluxe Reissue)

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

The Delines
The Sea Drift

Motrik
MØØN: The Cosmic Electrics of MØTRIK

Eyelids
Eyelids Dubble Live!

Red Red Meat
Red Red Meat T

Chris Funk
Songs For Dog Fitness

Chainsaw Records
Chainsaw Records T Shirt

Infinite X's
Infinite X's

Longstocking
Once Upon A Time Called Now

Dave Depper
Europa

Team Dresch
Story Of The Earth

Motrik
Artificial Head

Slanted Floors
Pink Heaven

Chris Funk
The Painted Porch

Eyelids
The Accidental Falls

John Cameron Mitchell & Eyelids
Turning Time Around EP

Califone
Echo Mine

The Hackles
A Dobritch Did As A Dobritch Should

Federale
No Justice

Defective AI
A Book Of Coherent Warnings

Old Unconscious
Lyle

Eamon Fogarty
Blue Values

Team Dresch
Team Dresch "Husband" T

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

Team Dresch
Captain My Captain

Team Dresch
Personal Best

Hallelujah The Hills
Against Electricity

José Medeles
Art of Slowness: The Halfling Session

Old Unconscious
Sunfort

Martha Scanlan
The River and The Light

1939 Ensemble
New Cinema

Eyelids
Maybe More

Tim Rutili & Craig Ross
10 Seconds To Collapse

Motrik
Safety Copy

Martha Scanlan
The Shape of Things Gone Missing, The Shape of Things To Come

1939 Ensemble
Beats & Saints
