Villette, the rock band

First it was Wuthering Heights, the heavy metal band that these days is presenting a new CD 'The Shadow Cabinet'. A year ago we discovered Jane Eyre, a US rock band (post-hardcore in their own definition). Some months ago, we posted about Agnes Grey, another US metal band.

The three sisters had their own band. But now we have noticed the existence of another one associated with Charlotte: Villette. We made the discovery through this blog:

Where other bands have lyrics, Villette have poetry, which is not as pretentious as that sounds. Villette, named after Charlotte Brontë's novel of loneliness, have an extroverted, decadent, sartorial style which seems at odds with their much more introverted, intellectually romantic, musical approach, but it works. This is a band that has "cult status" written all over it, a band destined to have devotees rather than fans. Why are they still unsigned what is wrong with the UK record industry?

Villette is (we don't know if it's still active because it seems that this August they made a Farewell Concert) an indie/folk-rock UK band:

Founded on the Anglian folk circuit in autumn 2003, brothers William and Leigh Robertson were compelled to form the perfect group; a seductive potion of music, poetry and romance conspicuously absent from the British scene. Relocating to London, they found the perfect rhythm section in Gabriel and Monsoon, and Villette were born. In the short time that the group have been together, they have performed alongside acts as diverse as The Libertines and Martha Wainwright, at many of Londons premier underground venues.

You can listen to their songs, and read their lyrics, on Myspace or on their own web.

Categories: Villette, Weirdo, Music