VILLANELLE
VILLANELLE ARE A LONDON-BASED ROCK BAND MADE UPOF GENE GALLAGHER (VOCALS, GUITAR), BEN TAYLOR (GUITAR) AND JACK SCHIAVO (BASS).
DRAWING FROM THE RAW LINEAGE OF 1990S ALTERNATIVE ROCK, THE BAND FUSE GRUNGE GRIT WITH MELODIC INSTINCT AND A SHARP, MODERN SWAGGER.
VILLANELLE BROKE THROUGH IN 2025 WITH DEBUT SINGLE ‘HINGE’, EARNING IMMEDIATE SUPPORT FROM NME, ROLLING STONE, KERANG!, DORK, ROCK SOUND, DIY AND RADIO X. ROLLING STONE CALLED IT “A BLISTERING NINETIES THROWBACK”, WHILE NME PRAISED ITS “ARENA-LEVEL INTENSITY”.
VILLANELLE’S SOUND NODS TO NIRVANA, SMASHING PUMPKINS, MY BLOODY VALENTINE AND DINOSAUR JR., BUT AVOIDS NOSTALGIA. DISTORTED GUITARS, HEAVY LOW-END AND GENE GALLAGHER’S LACONIC VOCAL DELIVERY GIVE THE SONGS A DIRECT, UNFORCED EDGE.
THEIR SECOND SINGLE ‘MEASLY MEANS’ (NOVEMBER 2025), PRODUCED BY JAMES NEVILLE AT TEETH STUDIOS, SHARPENED THAT IDENTITY FURTHER AHEAD OF HERI DEBUT EP, DUE IN 2026.
FOLLOWING A SELL OUT UK HEADLINE TOUR, VILLANELLE WILL OPEN FOR MILES KANE IN EARLY 2026. THEY ARE ALSO SET TO APPEAR AT LOLLAPALOOZA, GOVERNORS BALL, MAD COOL FESTIVAL AND THE ISLE OF WIGHT FESTIVAL NEXT YEAR - STANDOUT BOOKINGS FOR A BRAND-NEW BAND AND A CLEAR MARKER OF THEIR RAPID ASCENT.
