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As demonstrated by the debut album ‘Becoming A Jackal’, Villagers’ Conor O’Brien has a real talent for stitching strong melodies to a foreboding lyric; his ominous words cosseted by a saccharine coat.

In 2010 this was rewarded with a Mercury Prize nomination and an Ivor Novello Award for ‘Best Original Song’ – two of the UK music industry’s most prodigious awards.

Yet Villagers seem to have taken the pressure and anticipation for ‘the difficult second album’ in their stride. Whereas many artists would be tempted (or pressured) to repeat the formula of their success ‘{Awayland}‘ is a progressive affair. Indeed, O’Brien seems to have tired a little of his more traditional songwriter approach and adopted other influences to keep things fresh.

Villagers have unveiled details of a headline UK tour for February 2013 with ‘{Awayland}‘ – the follow-up to the Mercury nominated and Ivor Novello winning debut album ‘Becoming a Jackal‘ – due for release a month earlier.

Villagers will follow-up their Mercury nominated and Ivor Novello winning debut album ‘Becoming a Jackal‘ in January next year, it has been confirmed.

Villagers will return on October 22nd with the new single ‘The Waves‘, which was premiered on Zane Lowe’s BBC Radio 1 show last night (August 29th). The official video has also been released, and can be viewed below.

Villagers were among the winners at today’s Ivor Novello awards, with Plan B also landing two of the ceremony’s most coveted gongs.

Start your week right here as Live4ever’s music collection offers you all the weekend’s chart news, our pick of the week’s new album releases, and you can also plan your next seven days with our UK Gig Guide where you will find tickets for some of the best shows currently going on across Britain.

Frankie & The Heartstrings and Villagers lead the first names to be announced for this year’s annual Camden Crawl event in London.

Conor O’Brien and the Villagers have announced details of a UK tour this coming May following their impending support slot on Elbow‘s own UK arena jaunt.

The first list of acts due to appear at this year’s Great Escape festival, which aims to showcase the best of new cross-genre music, have been announced, with the likes of Brother, Warpaint and Villagers amongst those confirmed.

Acclaimed releases from Paul Weller, Villagers and Beach House all feature in the third part of Live4ever’s Essential Listening 2010 – The Albums.

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