Villa In France, formally kicking off in December 2018, are a 3-Piece Indie-Rock band from the North Coast of Northern Ireland consisting of Aidan Davidson (Vocals, Rhythm Guitar), Nino Morelli (Lead Guitar, Backup vocals) and Matthew Gillan (Drums). The band are well known for their loud punchy sound and high energetic live performances. Having gigged all around the North of Ireland, these three boys have solidified a position in their local music scene through hard work and rigorous trial and error.
“Burned Out” was a song originally written by Davidson on an acoustic guitar in his bedroom, just like any other he creates. These lyrics show a vulnerable side to Davidson, opening up about his struggles with feeling mentally fatigued and drained from being a working musician while also being in college. He was stuck in a headspace of feeling that everything was temporary and that everything would fall out from under him if he were to take a breather from his busy schedule. He writes about a feeling of fragile stability and how people would do anything to maintain that stability within their lives, “living in sandcastles, blood on their hands”.
In the song he says “when it breaks, oh lord does it break, when it shakes, it makes an earthquake” reflecting on how when the rug is swept from between your feet you fall harder than you have ever before. During this time there was some conflict between the band as everyone would have with people they spent everyday with and Davidson was writing about his fear of losing something with his friends that he has worked so hard for. Davidson noticed he was being extra hard on himself during this time but couldn’t lift himself out of the slump that he was in, highlighted in the second verse “I’ve got no creative bone in my body – I laugh at reality ‘cause the truths are always funny”. Davidson has always been a rather visual artist so he heavily correlates music with imagery and has always wanted this song to feel like a melting candle”
