HERMITUDE’S ASTONISHING RISE IS SET TO CONTINUE AS THEY ANNOUNCE A NEW SINGLE AND 2013 TOUR - The Villain Tour takes flight in late January/February 2013.

Hermitude have risen to new heights in 2012 off the back of their incredible HyperParadise album and hit single 'Speak Of The Devil'.

They've released worldwide (Regal/Parlophone & Astralwerks), sold out countless shows across Australia and Internationally and in the process catapulted themselves into the festival circuit with spots at Groovin The Moo, Parklife & Homebake. Their production work has been in solid demand with remixes for The Presets, Missy Higgins and co-productions credits on Urthboy's acclaimed 'Smoky's Haunt' Album.

They won an Air Award for Best Dance/Electronic release, and have been nominated for two ARIAs (Best Dance Release and Best Video) and a j award for Australian Album of The Year.

'The Villain' is the fourth single from 'HyperParadise'. It's a dark and pulsating piece of beat wizardry, designed to destroy club and festival PAs.

The accompanying music video directed by Kess Broekman-Dattner, sees Hermitude continue on with the dance theme made famous by their j-award winning video for 'Speak Of The Devil', only this time there's a heist like twist.

They will be supported by South Africa-via-Australia's Jonti, a star on the rise whose Sine & Moon album was released on the legendary Stones Throw label. Jonti returns home to Australia having just supported Gotye across North America and Europe.