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CMU Approved
Approved: Villas
By Andy Malt | Published on Monday 6 June 2016
Previously involved in folk projects while living in Toronto, Miel and D’Ari gave up the city life to live in an abandoned farmhouse way out in the countryside and have emerged as Villas, a hard-hitting R&B duo. The pair recently released their debut EP, ‘Medicine’, a striking exploration of their relationship.
Leaving the city to live a rural life, they imagined their new home to be a place where they would be free to do as they wished but soon “came to realise that when there is nothing to distract you from yourself, new truths reveal themselves”.
Having this sudden space to think about themselves poured into their music, making for very honest lyrical studies, delving, amongst other things, into struggles with mental health and thoughts of infidelity. The latter is explored on lead track ‘Fuckin Round On You’, the stock-photo-perfection-busting video for which you can watch here:
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