{"id":24062,"date":"2024-05-30T21:25:40","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T21:25:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/?p=24062"},"modified":"2024-05-30T21:25:42","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T21:25:42","slug":"the-march-violets-original-uk-post-punk-goth-band-sign-to-metropolis-records-for-release-of-new-album-crocodile-promises-out-19-07-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2024\/05\/30\/the-march-violets-original-uk-post-punk-goth-band-sign-to-metropolis-records-for-release-of-new-album-crocodile-promises-out-19-07-24\/","title":{"rendered":"THE MARCH VIOLETS : original UK post-punk\/goth band sign to Metropolis Records for release of new album ‘Crocodile Promises’ out 19.07.24"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

THE MARCH VIOLETS<\/strong>
CROCODILE PROMISES<\/em>

new album
out 19.07.24
(Metropolis Records)

pre-save\/add<\/a>  |  Bandcamp<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

includes the single
HAMMER THE LAST NAIL<\/em>
out 14.06.24

pre-save\/add<\/a>  |  Bandcamp<\/a>

live shows
19.07.24  LEEDS<\/strong> Brudenell Social Club
20.07.24  LONDON<\/strong> Garage
26.07.24  BRISTOL<\/strong> Thekla
27.07.24  NOTTINGHAM<\/strong> Rescue Rooms
tickets<\/a>
02.08.24  BLACKPOOL<\/strong> Rebellion Festival
further dates to be announced
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Original Post Punk drum machine band from Leeds.
Started at the beginning, imploded, reborn for the 21st Century.
Play Loud, Play Purple.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once Upon A Time In Leeds, 1981. The March Violets strummed their first riff and scrawled their first set list. An impressive post-punk legacy ensued, including BBC sessions for John Peel and other DJs, along with huge indie chart success in the mid-\u201980s with singles such as \u2018Crow Baby\u2019, \u2018Snake Dance\u2019, \u2018Walk Into The Sun\u2019 and \u2018Deep\u2019. The band were subsequently snapped up by London Records for the 1987 release of \u2019Turn To The Sky\u2019 – which featured in the John Hughes movie Some Kind of Wonderful – before splitting up later that same year.

They eventually reunited in 2010 around a nucleus that included founder members Rosie Garland (vocals) and Tom Ashton (guitar), releasing albums in 2013 and 2015 and promoting them with European and US tours.

A double album collection of the BBC sessions entitled \u2018Big Soul Kiss\u2019 was made available by Jungle Records for the 2021 edition of Record Store Day, with the same label issuing the singles compilation \u2018Play Loud Play Purple\u2019 and five-CD box set \u2018The Palace Of Infinite Darkness\u2019 shortly after. These coincided with a well received European tour that included headlining sets at Wave-Gotik-Treffen (WGT) in Germany and Tomorrow\u2019s Ghosts Festival (Whitby Goth Weekend) in the UK.

\u201cFantastic, post-punk shrapnel guitar from founder member Tom Ashton and the strikingly scary, esoteric beauty of Rosie Garland. The songs clatter and grind around the drum machine and their powerful fug fills the room\u201d<\/em>
John Robb | Louder Than War<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2024 has seen The March Violets sign to Metropolis Records for a brand new album entitled \u2018Crocodile Promises\u2019.\u00a0Out on 19th July, it will be promoted with a set of UK shows that include The Garage in London (20th) and Rebellion Festival in Blackpool (2nd August), plus other dates. A single and video for the song \u2018Hammer The Last Nail\u2019 precedes the album on 14th June.\u00a0Mat Thorpe (bass, vocals) joined the band in January 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

THE MARCH VIOLETS<\/strong> | 2024 photo by Toni Slater

THE MARCH VIOLETS
<\/strong>Rosie Garland – vocals
Tom Ashton – guitar
Mat Thorpe – bass, vocals<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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