Diandra Reviews It All

How we own a space can be reflective with how we own ourselves. With how conversations over borders and climate grow in intensity, one has to ask if humanity has lost the reigns over its being? Usually, the desperation to control something outside of yourself comes from how little you are controlling your within. I mention this spiritual complex because Carmen Villain’s Infinite Avenue is the sonic tale of a young, talented woman who wants to add more love into the world’s space, but first must cross the barriers of self- love.

For Ms. Villain, the quest to better your surroundings start from better yourself, which is a noble notion even if a hard achievement. Songs such as “Red Desert”, “She’s Gone To California”, and “The Moon Will Always Be There” never fail to show the push and pull of being apart of a person individualism and universalism. This message is so important and relevant to our current times when apathy and non-partisanship are growing less as options. Thus, Villain’s melodically ethereal voice plays like a woman awakening to her role as a citizen, of which no social commentary or environmental analysis fails to return back to what she is: her heart. Her voice has a soft inquisitiveness like a child peeling away at the petals and thorns of a rose, which makes tracks like “Water” or her duet with Jenny Hval “Borders” appear like musical flowers for society. Each song is one more rose to hand out to listeners and, hopefully, inspire self-reflection. Personally, I have to admire anyone who see that she is everyone and everyone is her without dwindling into the now imposed “sappiness” of this beautiful idea. Interconnection is vital to humanity in the same way division is necessary to inhumanity.

Sonically, Carmen Villain’s Infinite Avenue is like a drive into the woodlands. Every synth feels leafed or bubbled in either the forest or ocean. She really drives home the idea of how Earth is a home for humanity, but her heart is also a home for it, as well. The sonic connections between the two make Carmen Villain’s Infinite Avenue a timeless jewel to be released on September 8 Click Here for More Information.