The Waves is the first piece of music to be released from the follow-up to Villagers’ Mercury-nominated and Ivor Novello Award winning debut, Becoming a Jackal, details of which are to be announced soon.

‘I was looking up at the sky on a particularly clear night and it struck me that I had never written a song about those little moments when you feel a fundamental and awesome sense of wonder and a simultaneously humbling recognition of absolute insignificance’ – Conor O’Brien

The video accompanying The Waves was directed by Alden Volney and mirrors the song perfectly.

Villagers will be touring the UK and Europe throughout October and November as invited guests to Grizzly Bear. Dates are as follows:

OCTOBER
Wed 17 UK, Gateshead, The Sage Gateshead
Thu 18 UK, Manchester, Academy
Sat 20 UK, Glasgow, Barrowlands
Sun 21 UK, Coventry, Warwick Arts Centre
Mon 22 UK, London, Brixton Academy
Fri 26 Norway, Oslo, Rockefeller
Sat 27 Sweden, Stockholm, Berns
Sun 28 Denmark, Copenhagen, Falconer
Tue 30 Germany, Hamburg, Uebel and Gefaehrlich
We 31 Germany, Berlin, Astra

November
Fri 2 Germany, Koln, Essigfabrik
Sun 4 Belgium, Brussels, Ancienne Belgique
Sun 4 Belgium, Brussels, Ancienne Belgique