After adding a second Dublin show this week, Villagers now has a new song to coincide with UK dates.
“Mountain out of a Molehill’ is a new song that doesn’t feature on That Golden Time.
“I see it as a kind of psychodrama; a song to quell that relentless attention-seeker within. It’s just some self-administered advice to me and my undulating ego.”
Conor O’Brien
Watch the video – produced by Conor O’Brien and Brendan Corcoran:
Villagers support on tour will be Canadian artist Owen Pallett.
‘Mountain out of a Molehill’; is available to pre-order as an AA single, the 7” will be out on December 6th with second song “A Matter of Taste”.
Pre-order here.
Villagers live gigs
25th October – Passing A Message Q&A + acoustic performance – Gordon Aikman Theatre, Edinburgh
2nd November – Sligo Live Festival @Knocknarea Arena, Sligo
7th November – Royal Theatre, Castlebar
8th November – Bank Lane, Waterford
10th November – Salzhaus, Winterthur
11th November – Konzerthaus, Vienna
12th November – Strom Club, Munich
13th November – Sala Apolo 2, Barcelona
15th November – Control Club, Bucharest
23rd November – The Gate Arts Centre, Cardiff – sold out
24th November -The Rescue Rooms, Nottingham
25th November – Corn Exchange, Brighton
27th November – Trinity Centre, Bristol
28th November – Junction, Cambridge
30th November – Oran Mor, Glasgow – sold out
1st December – New Century, Manchester
3rd December – Cork Opera House, Cork
4th December – Dolans, Limerick – sold out
5th December – Gleneagle INEC Club, Killarney
7th December – Mandela Hall, Belfast
8th December – Olympia Theatre, Dublin – sold out
9th December – Olympia Theatre, Dublin
11th December – Set Theatre, Kilkenny – sold out
12th December – Leisureland, Galway
23rd May 2025 – Cité De La Musique @ Philharmonie, Paris
Tickets
O’Brien also recently released Passing a Message on Faber Music – a full-colour hardback of the lyrics of over 80 songs from the Villagers songbook with Conor’s drawings, photographs and previously unseen notebook lyric drafts. Buy standard and deluxe versions here.
To celebrate the release of Passing a Message: The Lyrics and Artwork of Conor J. O’Brien, Domino has repressed the Villagers’ back catalogue with a new range of coloured vinyl. Buy here.
