Villagers – ‘Twenty Seven Strangers’
A busy week for Conor O’ Brien this week as Villagers can be seen live on Later with Jools Holland tonight at 10pm during the live show and Friday’s recorded broadcast. On Saturday, Conor will be playing Road Records at 5pm for Record Store Day as well as releasing a 7″ vinyl of ‘Becoming a Jackal’.
‘Twenty Seven Strangers’ is the B-side of that 7″ and it also appears on the album Becoming A Jackal out on Domino Records on May 14th in Ireland, 24th in the UK.
Villagers – Twenty Seven Strangers by Nialler9
Watch videos of Conor playing ‘The Pact (I’ll Be Your Fever)’, ‘Pieces’ & ‘Becoming A Jackal’ in his house:
Notes: This is newly recorded so differs from the demo that MP3hugger posted waay back. Photo of Conor in his house by Rich Gilligan.
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Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005 . He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Cara Magazine, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, founder of Lumo Club, club promoter, event curator and producer of gigs, listening parties & events in Dublin.