Artist: The Villagers
Source: David Lynch
After missing a sell out show by The Villagers in Crawdaddy last Saturday week there was nothing for it but make the trip to Mullingar to The Stables for their next gig seven days later. The Villagers are the new project from Conor O’Brien, ex of The Immediate and lead guitarist with Cathy Davey. With only a few songs from their Hollow Kind EP and word of mouth to proceed them there is still a relatively large crowd for the small venue by the time the band came on stage around midnight.
First up is the pounding drums, ringing piano and sinister acoustic of Down Under the Sea. From the off it is clear that this band are in a different league to many of the current crop of Irish bands and all chatter immediately ceases as the crowd hangs on to every note. The diminutive O’Brien calmly opens up a door to raw emotion with his voice and lyrics, and his appropriately scaled guitar has a deep sound that belies its small size.
Whilst the band never put a foot wrong, it still takes them a few songs to properly get into the gig and feel that they have the crowd on their side. By the time On A Sunlit Stage comes around they are totally relaxed and O’Brien, whose voice sounds a little strained for the opening line, shares a knowing smile with the rest of the band – possibly due to late night revelry following the previous nights show with Cathy Davey in Crawdaddy. The crowd is on his side though and laugh it off.
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