Califone - villagers BIGGIE TEMBO & STARTLED INSECTS movement and physicality

movement and physicality

Stellar Circuits emerged to combine the conceptual polarities of groove-oriented music with progressive-minded technicality

they carve out a sound that feels both timeless and forward-leaning

That music was something that came to life in our own living rooms and lives

They’d outlasted the nu metal gold rush and were thriving in their own right

Califone - villagers BIGGIE TEMBO & STARTLED INSECTS movement and physicalityPart 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. 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 luxuriate