Villagerrr - Carousel LP merch and Simon Raymonde’s bass and

and Simon Raymonde’s bass and piano are as immersive as a five-star spa’s hot tub

mental-health issues and a vulnerability to exploitation

while album closer Suako is driven by propulsive beats and jittery synths

‘Nocturnal’ borne aloft on choral voices

Finding influences from the last 60 years of popular music

Villagerrr - Carousel LP merch and Simon Raymonde’s bass andWSP077LP A newly dynamic chapter in villagerrr's discography, Carousel, Mark Scotts fifth album as villagerrr, glides from slowcore to shoegaze, from log cabin folk to the accelerated bliss of rock tailor made for an empty freeway. The boldest and most delicate album to date from the Ohio songwriter, Carousel is a sweeping exploration of what it means to try to make sincere art in a hyperexposed and constricting age, where Scotts big, midwestern songs