VIL­LA­NEL­LE

Having ended 2024 with a riotous sold-out headline tour - without releasing a note of music - VILLANELLE shared their eagerly anticipated debut single ‘Hinge’. The track arrived as the band, featuring Gene Gallagher (vocals/guitar), Ben Taylor (guitar) and Jack Schiavo (bass) are putting the finishing touches to their upcoming debut EP. Amid a rising wave of grunge revivalism, VILLANELLE are at the forefront— keeping it visceral and real, connecting with audiences through their distinct blend of raw authenticity and pure rock and roll. ‘Hinge’ delivers a bold statement of intent. Every gnarly, ragged guitar riff is an earworm, the bass rumbles with grimy, distorted low-end intensity, drums thunder-and-groove in equal measure, and the vocals shift from urgent and soaring through to drawled nonchalance. Influences range from the melodic rush of The Who and The Buzzcocks, to the heavier spirit of Nirvana’s ‘Incesticide’, Deftones, Smashing Pumpkins, Dinosaur Jr and Black Sabbath, and the maximalist wall of sound of My Bloody Valentine.