Blog: The Needle Drop

Ireland's Villagers sit in the pit of your stomach like a cyanide capsule. Once you've taken it, you know what's coming; but there's always that waiting period before you bite the big one. Might as well take the time you've got left to reflect. Villagers is the solo project of Conor J. O'Brien, and he's got some good friends of his collaborating with him, too. Together, they spin some dark alternative folk, and O'Brien's hushed Elliot Smith vocals only add to the music's melancholic aura. This video is for a track from the new Villagers EP, [...]