Villanelle is a new post hardcore band based mostly in NJ. I say mostly because I think one member is in CA’s Trip Kissing and this is another band they have started while in school in NJ. Incorporating but moving beyond Trip Kissing’s Riot Grrrl roots, Villanelle leans heavily into big chorus and powerful hooks of the posthardcore and emopunk world. It leans a lilttle more toward the Evanescence side of things that I don’t always gravitate to, but this is just some dope ass shit.

As is often the case with this type of band, the instruments are played with tightness and obvious technical skill and all of it is overlayed with vocal talent that goes beyond the usual punk singing of even most pop punk bands. You know what I mean, the sort that could have fronted a hair or thrash metal band of the 80’s i.e. powerful but also super melodic.

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