| Name |
Villagers |
| Height |
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| Naionality |
Irish |
| Date of Birth |
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| Place of Birth |
Dun Laoghaire, Dublin, Ireland |
| Famous for |
Singing |
Villagers are an Irish band fronted by Conor O'Brien.
They have performed at several music festivals and toured with Tracy Chapman, Bell X1, Tindersticks and Elbow. They have one EP, titled Hollow Kind (2009). Their debut album becoming a Jackal was released in 2010 and was shortlisted for both the Mercury Prize and the Choice Music Prize. Their follow-up album , was released on the 14th January 2013, alongside the second single from the album, Nothing Arrived.
Villagers performed on the seventh series of RTE Two's Other Voices television programme in 2009. The band's debut EP, titled Hollow Kind, was released in February 2009. It contained four tracks, all of which were written and performed by O'Brien. The EP brought comparisons with Bright Eyes and Sparklehorse. Villagers then went on tour. They were a support act for Neil Young and toured across Europe with Tracy Chapman.
Villagers appeared at several festivals in 2009. They supported Bell X1 when they performed at Live at the Marquee in Cork on 26 June 2009. They performed at several music festivals in Ireland, including on the Sunday of Oxegen 2009, at Indie-pendence on 2 August and at Electric Picnic 2009, as well as at Latitude Festival in the UK. The Irish Times's Jim Carroll recommended their performance in the Body Soul Arena at Electric Picnic 2009 as "A must-see for those who dig ragged pop, eerie folk and heartfelt, emotional songs and sounds". They headlined Hard Working Class Heroes in 2009, with O'Brien attracting the ire of the audience when he requested some quiet during the performance. They gave a live performance at The Music Show in Dublin's RDS in October 2009.
