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"Born to Run

As themes of being close someone without knowing it permeate in this song as well as April Fool and Looking for Rainbows (Without and Umbrella) their serendipitous reuniting after more than 20 years makes this performance even more compelling

' a collection of songs that distils five years and three albums of Villagers' songwriting into one flowing narrative

out on 4AD via Inertia

Songs Of Experience AwaitingStock and Elvis Costello)U2 Are Back! Recorded in Dublin, New York and Los Angeles, 'Songs of Experience' was completed earlier this year with its subject matter influenced by Brendan Kennelly's advice to Bono, to " write as if you're dead." The result is a collection of songs in the form of intimate letters to places and people close to the singer's heart: family, friends, fans and indeed himself. 'Songs Of Experience' is the companion release to 2014's 'Songs Of Innocence,'