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  • Villagers: Nothing Arrived (Video)

    Villagers: Nothing Arrived (Video)

    VillagersbannerSeems Conor Villagers was very clever with ‘The Waves’. It kinda made people go ‘Hmm, what’s he doing?’ Allowing for a new, blank slate. Whether or not it’s been a hard task to follow up ‘Becoming a Jackal’ isn’t clear just yet, but going on ‘Nothing Arrived’, it doesn’t look like we’re going to be disappointed.

    The video was directed by Alden Volney who also did the video for The ‘Waves’ and is taken from the album ‘{Awayland}’ which will be released on January 13th 2013. {Awayland} can be pre-ordered HERE.

    You can catch Villagers on tour in Ireland in March:

    Thursday 14th March – GALWAY – Seapoint
    Friday 15th March – LIMERICK – Dolans
    Saturday 16th March – BELFAST, NI
    Mon 18th March – KILLARNEY – INEC
    Tues 19th March – CORK -The Savoy
    Thursday 21st March – DUBLIN – Olympia Theatre

    {Awayland} can be pre-ordered HERE.

  • Villagers: The Waves (Video)

    Villagers: The Waves (Video)

    So here’s the new video for Villagers‘ ‘The Waves’ and sound of Villagers has certainly moved on since ‘Becoming A Jackal’, with its electronic twinkly bits and beeps. At the time of writing, I’m not entirely sure what I think of this, the dischord between the vocals and the instrumentation at the start of the track, irks the life out of me. But I love the song when it really kicks in.

    It’s available to download on iTunes now and will be available on vinyl in October via Domino Records. No news of a second album release date or title yet.

    Villagers will also be on tour with Grizzly Bear across the UK and some of Europe this Autumn. Here are the dates.

    17 Oct GATESHEAD, UK The Sage
    18 Oct MANCHESTER, UK The Academy
    20 Oct GLASGOW, UK Barrowlands
    21 Oct COVENTRY, UK Warwick Arts Centre
    22 Oct LONDON, UK Brixton Academy
    26 Oct OSLO, Norway, Rockefeller
    27 Oct STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Berns
    28 Oct COPENHAGAN, Denmark, Falconer
    30 Oct HAMBURG, Germany, Uebel & Gefahrlich
    31 Oct BERLIN, Germany, Astra
    02 Nov KOLN, Germany, Essigfabrik
    04 Nov BRUSSELS, Belgium, Ancienne

  • Tune Of The Week: 22/04/2011

    This week has been good for Conor J O’Brien. Villagers has been nominated for an Ivor Novello Award for ‘Becoming a Jackal’ in the’ Best Song Musically and Lyrically’ category.

    But I’m not making ‘Becoming a Jackal’ Tune of the Week, no that’s going to the new single ‘The Pact’ which is a glorious piece of enchantment. It comes with a delightful video made by Myles O’Reilly, who makes fantastic use of depth of field. Love it.

    The Pact is out on may 13th and Villagers are playing lots of gigs this Summer including Sea Sessions in June  and Marley Park with Beach House on July 23rd.