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Villagers announce 'Darling Arithmetic' 10th Anniversary acoustic show

To celebrate ten years of Villagers’ third album 'Darling Arithmetic', Conor O’Brien has announced a special acoustic performance in Dublin.

'Darling Arithmetic' was released in April 2015 following Villagers’ Mercury Prize-shortlisted 'Awayland'. The exquisite, melodic songs of 'Darling Arithmetic' explored love, relationships and all that encompasses - desire, obsession, lust, loneliness and confusion. The album hit #1 upon its release in Ireland and won the Ivor Novello for Best Album Award the subsequent year.

On the record’s lead single “Courage”, O’Brien was concerned with the most important kind of love – the one for yourself: “It took a little time to get where I wanted / It took a little time to get free / It took a little time to be honest / It took a little time to be me.”

“Hot Scary Summer” raked over the break-up of a love affair blighted by “all the pretty young homophobes looking out for a fight” whilst “Everything I Am Is Yours” was a tender standout and most recently featured in 'We Live In Time' starring Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield. Written, recorded, produced and mixed entirely by O’Brien in Malahide, the album’s sparse instrumentation allowed for the intimacy and beauty of the songs to shine through.

Setlists

  1. Conor solo

    1. 1.Hot Scary Summer

  2. Trio

    1. 2.Ada

  3. Full Band

    1. 3.That Golden Time
    2. 4.Brother Hen
    3. 5.Love Came With All That It Brings
    4. 6.A Trick of the Light
    5. 7.The Waves
    6. 8.Mountain Out of a Molehill
    7. 9.Occupy Your Mind
    8. 10.Dawning on Me
    9. 11.So Simpatico

  4. Conor solo

    1. 12.Becoming a Jackal

  5. Duo

    1. 13.Everything I Am Is Yours

  6. Full Band

    1. 14.That Day
    2. 15.A Matter of Taste

  7. Conor solo

    1. 16.The Wonder of You (Ray Peterson cover)

  8. Duo

    1. 17.Nothing Arrived (With Owen Pallett)

  9. Full Band

    1. 18.You Lucky One
    2. 19.Courage
    1. 1.Passing a Message
    2. 2.I Want What I Don’t Need
    3. 3.You Lucky One
    4. 4.Everything I Am Is Yours
    5. 5.Ada
    6. 6.That Golden Time
    7. 7.Brother Hen
    8. 8.Love Came With All That It Brings
    9. 9.A Trick of the Light
    10. 10.The Waves
    11. 11.Mountain Out of a Molehill
    12. 12.Occupy Your Mind
    13. 13.Dawning on Me
    14. 14.That Day
    15. 15.A Matter of Taste

  2. Encore

    1. 16.The Wonder of You (Ray Peterson cover)
    2. 17.Nothing Arrived
    3. 18.So Simpatico
    4. 19.Courage
    1. 1.Hot Scary Summer (Solo)
    2. 2.Ada (Trio)
    3. 3.That Golden Time (Quintet)
    4. 4.Brother Hen (Quintet)
    5. 5.Love Came With All That It Brings (Quintet)
    6. 6.A Trick of the Light (Quintet)
    7. 7.The Waves (Quintet. Dedicated to Storm Darragh; a recent weather event)
    8. 8.Mountain Out of a Molehill (Quintet)
    9. 9.Occupy Your Mind (Quintet)
    10. 10.Dawning on Me (Quintet)
    11. 11.So Simpatico (Quintet)
    12. 12.Full Faith in Providence (Trio)
    13. 13.Everything I Am Is Yours (Quintet)
    14. 14.That Day (Quintet)
    15. 15.A Matter of Taste (Sextet)
    16. 16.Becoming a Jackal (Solo)

  2. Encore

    1. 17.Nothing Arrived (Trio)
    2. 18.You Lucky One (Quintet)
    3. 19.Courage (Quintet)

  1. SOLO

    1. 1.Passing a Message
    2. 2.I Want What I Don’t Need

  2. DUO

    1. 3.You Lucky One
    2. 4.Everything I Am Is Yours

  3. TRIO

    1. 5.Ada

  4. FULL BAND

    1. 6.That Golden Time
    2. 7.Brother Hen
    3. 8.Love Came With All That It Brings
    4. 9.A Trick of the Light
    5. 10.The Waves
    6. 11.Mountain Out of a Molehill
    7. 12.Occupy Your Mind
    8. 13.Dawning on Me
    9. 14.That Day
    10. 15.A Matter of Taste

  5. SOLO

    1. 16.Hot Scary Summer

  6. DUO (with Owen)

    1. 17.Nothing Arrived

  7. FULL BAND

    1. 18.So Simpatico
    2. 19.Courage
    1. 1.Hot Scary Summer (Conor solo)
    2. 2.Ada
    3. 3.That Golden Time
    4. 4.Brother Hen
    5. 5.Love Came With All That It Brings
    6. 6.A Trick of the Light
    7. 7.The Waves
    8. 8.Mountain Out of a Molehill
    9. 9.Occupy Your Mind
    10. 10.Dawning on Me
    11. 11.So Simpatico
    12. 12.The Wonder of You (Ray Peterson cover)
    13. 13.Everything I Am Is Yours
    14. 14.That Day
    15. 15.A Matter of Taste

  2. Encore

    1. 16.Nothing Arrived
    2. 17.You Lucky One
    3. 18.Courage

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Villagers will play The Helix, Dublin on 29 May 2025.

Tickets on sale Friday 24 January at 10am.

Villagers will perform a 10th Anniversary show of album 'Darling Arithmetic'