Villette

Bio:

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Formed: Autumn 2003.
Disbanded: Summer 2006.

Founded on the Anglian folk circuit, brothers William and Paul tried to form the perfect group; a potion of music, poetry and theatre absent from the British scene. Relocating to London, they were joined by GazCloud and Monsoon. In the short time that the group were together, they performed alongside acts such as The Libertines and Martha Wainwright at many of London's premier underground venues.

Villette attracted a devoted fanbase who wanted a group to call their own. A group who appealed as much to the head as to the heart, who made music to fall in love with and in love to. An outfit fired as much by the poetry, painting and passion of the Romantics as by the music of Kate Bush, R.E.M., Simon & Garfunkel and Sunny Day Real Estate.

Villette recalled a time when people were besotted with bands; a time when groups transformed the way that their fans considered their own lives, incorporating cultural spheres beyond music into a coherent group identity.
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Member Since:

April 05, 2005

Members:

GazCloud - Bass/Violin/Vocals, Monsoon - Drums, Paul - Lead Vocals, William - Guitar/Vocals

Influences:

Kate Bush, Idlewild, Morrissey, REM, Simon & Garfunkel, Sunny Day Real Estate * * * The Brontes, Coleridge, Ted Hughes, Keats, Shakespeare, Shelley * * * John Constable, Johan Christian Dahl, Gustave Dore, Simon Marsden, J.M.W. Turner

Sounds Like:

'London is a veritable goldmine of obscure bands but I'm betting Villette are at least the most eloquent out there, if not one of the most passionate and captivating. Their music conveys a delightful romanticism; Villette could be to literature what Morrissey was to social commentary and you can't get finer homage than that.' Room Thirteen

'a band with the full package.' High Voltage

'a band capable of something truly special.' UK Music Search

'full of romanticism.' GIITTV

'Mark Almond going Wild(e).' Sounds XP

'a band of a quintessentially British style and an equally British passion for music.' Xtra