Conor O’Brien

Conor O’Brien, aka Villagers, is a singer-songwriter-instrumentalist with a rich and diverse body of work and an unwavering commitment to a uniquely nuanced, literate and melodic fusion of folk, pop and rock that has won awards and accolades from peers such as Paul Weller, Elvis Costello, Damon Albarn, Guy Garvey and The National. His albums include Becoming A Jackal (2010), Awayland (2013), Darling Arithmetic (2015), The Art Of Pretending To Swim (2018), Fever Dreams (2021). In 2024 he published Passing a Message, containing the lyrics, artwork and photographs, along with previously unseen notebook lyric drafts and drawings for Villagers.