Dig into this week’s Saturday Alternative playtlist! The Fitting Room album was The Art of Pretending to Swim by Villagers – out now on Domino.
Since their 2010 debut, Villagers’ Conor O’Brien has proven himself a uniquely versatile songwriter and producer, capable of creating moods and evoking emotions rooted in an ever evolving pallet of sounds and genres – never abandoning his folky beginnings, but never afraid to explore other elements of pop and electronica either. The new album, The Art of Pretending To Swim was produced by O’Brien himself in his Dublin studio, and ventures further into new sonic territory. “It’s how I see life; you’re not drowning but you’re not exactly swimming either,” he’s said about the album’s title. “You’re making it all up as you go along. It’s a blind faith.”
–hour 1—
Future Me Hates Me – The Beths – Future Me Hates Me
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Landscape – Future Generations – Landscape
Deli Run – Ava Luna – Moon 2
Wide Awake – Parquet Courts – Wide Awake
Laura – Sauna Youth – Deaths
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Wunnanuthr Time – Sun Parade
Jeannie Becomes a Mom – Caroline Rose – LONER
Numb – Meg Myers
Hypnic Jerks – The Spirit Of The Beehive – Hypnic Jerks
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Silly Games – Joyce Manor – Million Dollars to Kill Me
Muted Beatings – Albert Hammond Jr. – Francis Trouble
The Underdog – GUM – The Underdog
Candy – Thyla
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Total Disaster – Rhett Miller
Raindrop Blue – King Tuff – The Other
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My Boy (Twin Fantasy) – Car Seat Headrest – Twin Fantasy
Trip With Lola – The Bright Light Social Hour – Missing Something
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Here It Comes (The Road) Let’s Go – Spiritualized – And Nothing Hurt
Phantom / Island – Hearts Hearts – Goods / Gods
All or Nothing – Reuben And The Dark – Arms of a Dream
Easy Strand – Swimming Tapes
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Workhorse – All Them Witches – Atw
Do You Love Your Company? – Ron Gallo – Stardust Birthday Party
Someone Else’s Problem – We Were Promised Jetpacks – The More I Sleep the Less I Dream
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Tenderness – Laura Gibson – Goners
California – La Luz – Floating Features
It’s Gonna Hurt – Cursive – Vitriola
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Life Is Golden – The London Suede – The Blue Hour
Sierra Blanca – Mattew Logan Vasquez – Texas Murder Ballads
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If Not Now When – Aaron Lee Tasjan – Karma For Cheap
A Pearl – Mitski – Be The Cowboy
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Íosa – The Cranberries – Everybody Else Is DOing It, So Why Can’t We?
Oh Dear Brother – Howard
I Dreamt We Spoke Again – Death Cab for Cutie – Thank You for Today
Sing to Me – Cumulus – Comfort World
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—-FITTING ROOM—-
Again – Villagers – The Art of Pretending to Swim
A Trick of the Light – Villagers – The Art of Pretending to Swim
Fool – Villagers – The Art of Pretending to Swim
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Vulture – Super City – Sanctuary
All These Kids Are Way Too High – Low Cut Connie – Dirty Pictures (Part 2)
Go So Wrong – Second Hand King
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Carnival – The Sha La Das – Love in the Wind
