Fever Dreams
Otherworldly strings, music box melodies and ambient atmospherics coalesce to bring Conor O’Brien's hallucinatory alternative reality to life
There’s loads going on in Conor O’Brien’s fifth album, recorded with a full band and guest vocalists
Martha Wainwright explores the aftermath of divorce and the joy of finding new love, while Villagers revel in a lush sonic dreamscape
Soulful and gospel roads rise to meet Conor O'Brien on Villagers' dense fifth studio album.
Named when frontman Conor O’Brien saw similarities between the strange, surreal nature of our dreams and the forms his songs were taking, Fever Dreams is a bold and ambitious statement for Villagers’ fifth album, a record full of risks at a time in the lifespan of a band when many artists have found their groove and are happy to play it safe.
Last year’s tenth anniversary vinyl release of Villagers’ debut, ‘Becoming A Jackal’, made all the more stark the evolution of
Villagers have created a brave new world on Fever Dreams. It's an ambitious and impressive step forward from Conor O'Brien
Conor O’Brien’s fifth album could not be further from debut but closer to himself than ever