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Track List
01) My Lighthouse
02) Earthly Pleasure
03) The Waves
04) Judgement Call
05) Nothing Arrived
06) The Bell
07) {Awayland}
08) Passing a Message
09) Grateful Song
10) In a Newfound Land You Are Free
11) Rhythm Composer
01) My Lighthouse
02) Earthly Pleasure
03) The Waves
04) Judgement Call
05) Nothing Arrived
06) The Bell
07) {Awayland}
08) Passing a Message
09) Grateful Song
10) In a Newfound Land You Are Free
11) Rhythm Composer
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2013
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{Awayland} is the second studio album by Irish indie folk band Villagers, released on January 11, 2013 on Domino Records. Co-produced by band members Conor O'Brien and Tommy McLaughlin, the album was preceded by the single, "Nothing Arrived".
Like its predecessor, Becoming a Jackal (2010), the album has been nominated for the Mercury Prize. During the writing and process for {Awayland}, primary songwriter Conor O'Brien was influenced by Radiohead, Aphex Twin, Tricky and Bjork, noting, "I bought my first synthesizer and learned how to use that and got a drum machine and a sampler and started making terrible techno music. Slowly words started appearing out of all these ambient soundscapes I was making and then I picked up the acoustic again and learnt how to finger pick properly. The whole album is really a by-product of that steep learning curve." At one stage, O'Brien considered recording an instrumental album, inspired by electronica and Krautrock.
O'Brien subsequently spent the next year recording rough demos for the album, before rehearsing them with the rest of the band: guitarist Tommy McLaughlin, pianist Cormac Curran, bass guitarist Daniel Snow, and drummer James Byrne. O'Brien noted, "After a year of working on my own, I spent four days kicking them around with the band, and it just became more visceral and groovier. I got rid of most of the electronic beds that I had made the song on. Stripping things back exposed the lyrics a bit more. Sometimes you can throw too much at something, and it just becomes weaker."
The band spent five weeks recording the album in Donegal, Ireland, at live-in studio, Attica Audio Recording.
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{Awayland} is the second studio album by Irish indie folk band Villagers, released on January 11, 2013 on Domino Records. Co-produced by band members Conor O'Brien and Tommy McLaughlin, the album was preceded by the single, "Nothing Arrived".
Like its predecessor, Becoming a Jackal (2010), the album has been nominated for the Mercury Prize. During the writing and process for {Awayland}, primary songwriter Conor O'Brien was influenced by Radiohead, Aphex Twin, Tricky and Bjork, noting, "I bought my first synthesizer and learned how to use that and got a drum machine and a sampler and started making terrible techno music. Slowly words started appearing out of all these ambient soundscapes I was making and then I picked up the acoustic again and learnt how to finger pick properly. The whole album is really a by-product of that steep learning curve." At one stage, O'Brien considered recording an instrumental album, inspired by electronica and Krautrock.
O'Brien subsequently spent the next year recording rough demos for the album, before rehearsing them with the rest of the band: guitarist Tommy McLaughlin, pianist Cormac Curran, bass guitarist Daniel Snow, and drummer James Byrne. O'Brien noted, "After a year of working on my own, I spent four days kicking them around with the band, and it just became more visceral and groovier. I got rid of most of the electronic beds that I had made the song on. Stripping things back exposed the lyrics a bit more. Sometimes you can throw too much at something, and it just becomes weaker."
The band spent five weeks recording the album in Donegal, Ireland, at live-in studio, Attica Audio Recording.
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