The members of the East London trio Envie (pronounced on-vee) have been friends since school. They've been at it for a while — their Bandcamp page under former band name Dystopia was last active in 2020, and they featured on FKA twigs' Caprisongs track "Which Way" — but it looks like they're ready to reintroduce themselves. The first upload on a fresh YouTube account is a practice-space recording of "Violently Friendly," a rock song with a bright, melodic immediacy.
Envie shared this statement about the track:
“Violently Friendly” is about how frustrating it is trying to hold onto a friendship when the other person keeps trying to push it into something romantic. It’s about setting boundaries and creating some distance and honestly just wishing someone would accept that friendship is enough and nothing else.
It’s a punchy and almost sarcastic song about creating some distance and letting them know you only like them in a “Violently Friendly” way…
Listen below.
