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Villagers

Villagers
Top Tracks:
Becoming A Jackal / That Day / The Meaning of the Ritual / I Saw the Dead / Ship of Promises / Home / Set the Tigers Free / The Pact (I'll Be Your Fever) / Pieces / To Be Counted Among Men / Twenty Seven Strangers / The Pact - I'll Be Your Fever / Twenty-Seven Strangers / On a Sunlit Stage / Cecelia & Her Selfhood /
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Villagers are an Irish band from Dublin fronted by Conor J. O'Brien. They have performed at several music festivals and toured with Tracy Chapman, Bell X1 and Tindersticks. They have one EP, titled Hollow Kind (2009). Their debut album Becoming a Jackal was released in 2010 and was shortlisted for that year's Mercury Prize. Conor O'Brien formed Villagers after the break-up of his previous band The Immediate. The very next day, O'Brien wrote the first song after waking up with a hangover.

Villagers On DIY

News: Download Villagers’ ‘Cecelia & Her Selfhood’ (19th September 2011)

Photos: Reading Revisited: Villagers (23rd August 2011)

Photos: Field Day 2011: Villagers (8th August 2011)

News: Plan B, Muse & Villagers Amongst Winners At Ivor Novellos (19th May 2011)

Videos: Villagers - The Pact (I’ll Be Your Fever) (19th April 2011)

News: Charlotte Gainsbourg & Conor O’Brien Team Up For Record Store Day (14th April 2011)

News: Domino Launch Competition For 100 Free Tracks (13th April 2011)

News: Villagers Announce New Single Details (8th April 2011)

News: Field Day Confirm More Acts: Villagers, Erol Alkan, Kieran Hebden (6th April 2011)

News: Live At Leeds 2011: Full Timetable Published (28th March 2011)

News: Villagers, Twilight Sad & More Added To Final Live At Leeds Bill (2nd March 2011)

News: New Additions To T In The Park (28th February 2011)

News: Villagers Move London Date, Extend UK Tour (19th February 2011)

News: Villagers To Support Elbow On Tour (28th January 2011)

News: Villagers Plots New Show At O2 Shepherds Bush Empire (5th October 2010)

Videos: Villagers - That Day (2nd September 2010)

Photos: Reading 2010: Villagers, Festival Republic Stage (29th August 2010)

News: Villagers Full October UK Tour (26th July 2010)

Features: Mixtape: DIY Does The Barclaycard Mercury Prize 2010 (20th July 2010)

News: Villagers Announces Scala Show (16th July 2010)

Live Reviews: Villagers, DC9, Washington DC (24th June 2010)

News: Villagers Plans Shows At The Old Vic Tunnels (23rd June 2010)

Videos: Villagers - Ship Of Promises (23rd June 2010)

News: Villagers’ ‘Ship Of Promises’ To Get August Release (2nd June 2010)

Interviews: Villagers: Easy And Blissful (1st June 2010)

Album Reviews: Villagers - Becoming A Jackal (24th May 2010)

News: Villagers To Release Debut Album Through Domino (12th March 2010)

Villagers Forthcoming Gigs