From the first note of Kyle Britton’s new EP, Villain, you’ll be drawn into his exceptionally distinctive style – one that is marked by dark undertones, jarring melodies confessional lyricism – which is featured on five tracks including his two singles “Riddle” and “Villain.” The former painfully details the demise of a relationship and features famed violinist Ginny Luke who provides a Belle Époque texture to the song. “They say love is blind and often unkind but that just ain’t truth/It’s a lonely excuse which leads to abuse/It’s evil in use, don’t be confused.” While the latter is a dramatic, blunt confession with an aggressive percussive cadence. The final three songs include “Sleepover” a bluesy, funky, poppy, playful delight (a la Eric Hutchinson) about escaping the world and spending the day (and night) with that special someone, “Shade of Grey” which address emotional growth and the striking “Fire Walker,” which again features Luke’s erratic violin on a tale of two souls are “too bold” to be held together. Britton possesses a fearlessness in his music and dares to color outside of, and blend, the lines - both lyrically and sonically - which ultimately translates into an EP that is alluring, evocative and utterly unique.
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