Villagers

In the organizer's words:

Villagers come to Munich for acoustic concert

Presented by Musikexpress and Bedroomdisco

Support: David Heddermann

Conor J. O'Brien was on the Irish music scene long before Villagers. The singer and songwriter found musical success in the early 2000s with the rock group The Immediate and gained a wealth of stage experience - skills that have stood him in good stead as a solo musician and finally with The Villagers after the band split up. Conor underwent a musical transformation and began to compose gentle, Irish folk-pop with touching lyrics - first on his own and later together with the now permanent members of The Villagers. The Irish band's discography, which is already full to bursting, is incredibly varied, with no two albums being the same. The group's debut album "Becoming A Jackal" was released in 2010 - a harmonious blend of soulful pop and Irish folk. The sound was well received right from the start, not least because Villagers had already toured Europe in support of Neil Young and Tracy Chapman before their first album. "Becoming A Jackal" reached number 1 in the Irish charts and marked the beginning of a long and successful career. The album "That Golden Time" was added to this career just this year. O'Brien himself sees the album as his most vulnerable work - a big contrast to its predecessor "Fever Dreams", on which Villagers were experimental and psychedelic. "That Golden Time" sounds dreamy, gentle and as if from another world. This "golden time" should be taken with a grain of salt and is more about the fact that not everything was better in the past, even if the analogue, social media-free era is so often romanticized. The album is pleasantly reduced in its arrangements and focuses on the singer's gentle, characterful voice. Perfect for an intimate acoustic set - and that's exactly what Villagers will be playing in Munich in mid-November.