Urchin PR
New Member
Foggy Notions presents
Villagers
& special guests Hired Hands
Whelan’s, Saturday May 9th, 7.30pm
Tickets €15 from www.tickets.ie, City Discs, WAV box office [lo-call 1890 200 078] & Ticketmaster outlets nationwide
Villagers is the collaborative project of former Immediate member Conor O’Brien who is currently writing and recording some of the most lovely, subtle, intricately arranged songs this country has heard a long while.
The debut Villagers EP Hollow Kind, already on its second pressing, displays O’Brien’s singular touch; the ravishing brutal romanticism of “The Meaning of the Ritual,” the tumbling, tunneling soul-searching quest of “Down Under the Sea.”
As a songwriter on this record, the handful of myspace tracks and new songs revealed in live shows, O’Brien emerges as the total package; startling lyrics, expert arrangements, irresistible melodies.
The sixth best act in Ireland right now, says The Irish Times. Scary stuff. Hype is a distasteful sentiment in any context, watching something fresh and pure picked apart like a dead carcass before it has a chance to grow wings. All this talk of Villagers though, that might just be magic.
www.myspace.com/wearevillagers
Hired Hands met while in school and college in Dublin. They come from a classical background but play their own mix of folk and rock with an emphasis on vocal harmonies and a natural string and woodwind sound matching twin guitars. The band play and record in a church hall and gig regularly around Dublin. They have recently finished recording their first album which will be released in 2009 on Any Other City Records (Villagers, New Amusement). Influences include The Band, Joanna Newsom, Fleet Foxes and John Coltrane.
www.myspace.com/thehiredhandsdublin
Villagers
& special guests Hired Hands
Whelan’s, Saturday May 9th, 7.30pm
Tickets €15 from www.tickets.ie, City Discs, WAV box office [lo-call 1890 200 078] & Ticketmaster outlets nationwide
Villagers is the collaborative project of former Immediate member Conor O’Brien who is currently writing and recording some of the most lovely, subtle, intricately arranged songs this country has heard a long while.
The debut Villagers EP Hollow Kind, already on its second pressing, displays O’Brien’s singular touch; the ravishing brutal romanticism of “The Meaning of the Ritual,” the tumbling, tunneling soul-searching quest of “Down Under the Sea.”
As a songwriter on this record, the handful of myspace tracks and new songs revealed in live shows, O’Brien emerges as the total package; startling lyrics, expert arrangements, irresistible melodies.
The sixth best act in Ireland right now, says The Irish Times. Scary stuff. Hype is a distasteful sentiment in any context, watching something fresh and pure picked apart like a dead carcass before it has a chance to grow wings. All this talk of Villagers though, that might just be magic.
www.myspace.com/wearevillagers
Hired Hands met while in school and college in Dublin. They come from a classical background but play their own mix of folk and rock with an emphasis on vocal harmonies and a natural string and woodwind sound matching twin guitars. The band play and record in a church hall and gig regularly around Dublin. They have recently finished recording their first album which will be released in 2009 on Any Other City Records (Villagers, New Amusement). Influences include The Band, Joanna Newsom, Fleet Foxes and John Coltrane.
www.myspace.com/thehiredhandsdublin
