Villages Usher in the Holiday Season with "Merry Christmas (From the Dowie Dens)"

Their album 'Dark Island' is due out in early 2023

BY Alex HudsonPublished Nov 4, 2022

It's the Friday after Halloween, and that means artists are beginning to release Christmas material. This includes Cape Breton folkies Villages, who just shared their seasonal ditty "Merry Christmas (From the Dowie Dens)."

"Christmas is a time for celebration, whether you find yourself in paradise or the dowie dens," Villages said in a statement about the Celtic-tinged tune, while is full of "la la la" backing vocals and merry sentiments.

Check it out below. Villages will release their album Dark Island, produced by Joshua Van Tassel, on February 16 through Sonic Records.

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