Even Conor O’Brien, the founder and main force behind the Villagers, finds the band’s music a bit mysterious. He started the band — which was born more as a solo project with occasional guest players ...

With the release of The Art Of Pretending To Swim nearing closer - out Sept 21st via Domino - Villagers also reveal a new track 'Again'. The album's opener, it belies its acoustically finger-picked ...

Villagers is an atmospheric chamber folk project out of Dublin by Conor O'Brien, whose debut is drawing critical praise akin to that of the early work of U2 and The Frames. They received a 2010 ...

Conor O'Brien's Villagers second album (Awayland), as the title suggests, is an ambitious and immersive effort that's primarily concerned with creating its own dreamscape. It's a bigger record both in ...