Small town boy thinks big

Conor O’Brien of Villagers is aiming for mainstream success with new album Awayland, Ed Power reports

CONOR O’Brien of Villagers cannot hide his frustration. “When my record label played me the ‘radio’ mix of my single I put my foot down. It sounded like Guns ‘n Roses.”

O’Brien may be softly spoken and physically slight. But he is no push over, as the bosses at respected London independent Domino discovered.