Palma Violets

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Palma Violets
Palma Violets at Rock am Ring (2013)
Palma Violets at Rock am Ring (2013)
General information
origin Lambeth , London ( United Kingdom )
Genre (s) Indie rock , garage rock , post punk
founding 2011
resolution 2016
Last occupation
Samuel Thomas Fryer
Vocals, electric bass
Alexander "Chilli" Jesson
Jeffrey Peter Mayhew
William Martin Doyle

Palma Violets was a four-piece British indie rock - band from the London borough of Lambeth . It was founded in 2011 and consisted of Sam Fryer, Chilli Jesson, Pete Mayhew and Will Doyle. The formation split up in 2016.

history

2011: foundation

The rock band Palma Violets in 2011 by the then 18-year-old friends Samuel Thomas Fryer, Jeffery Peter Mayhew and William Martin Doyle in London founded, attended the same thing during their youth academy and there were early part of a school band. At the Reading Festival they met the then 16-year-old Alexander "Chilli" Jesson and first offered him the opportunity to become the manager of the band leader Fryer. A little later he became a central part of the formation as a bassist and songwriter , and through his creative talent he was instrumental in the success.

2012–2014: breakthrough and debut album

Palma Violets (2014)

The first concerts in London and the surrounding area quickly attracted the attention of several record labels between 2011 and 2012 and the decision to sign a contract with Rough Trade . In October 2012 the band, which was relatively unknown at the time, was printed on the cover of the print edition by the British music magazine New Musical Express and declared " the best rock band in England " - without having had a large number of single or even album releases .

As a result, the band, which became known practically overnight, began work on their debut album 180 , which was released on February 25, 2013 and reached number 11 on the album charts in the UK , where it lasted four weeks. It also rose to number 98 in the Swiss charts and number 52 in the Swedish charts. The single Best of Friends , released two months earlier, was named NME Single of the Year 2012 by the New Musical Express in the first edition of the year in 2013. In addition, the studio album received mixed reviews from the national and international specialist press, but was still largely positive. Frank Sawatzki wrote for Die Zeit that through 180 “neither a rock'n'roll sensation was born nor the next song for the canon discovered”, while Deborah Katona from laut.de pleaded for Palma Violets to be abandoned, "What they are: a young band with potential and very exciting ideas and fun for the future". The band says about the work on their debut album:

“It's awful, we hate it. Let's be honest, the studio isn't the funniest place in the world - the stage, playing live, that's it. "

- Palma Violets

Following the release, the band performed at a variety of British and European festivals in 2013 and 2014, in Germany for example at the sister festivals Rock am Ring and Rock im Park , and went together with other English indie rock bands, including Childhood and Baby Strange , on the Rattlesnake Rodeo Tour . During the band's often very wild and exuberant performances, there were always riots.

2015–2018: Second studio album and separation

In the course of the previous two years, during which the band traveled and lived together practically without interruption due to countless performances at home and abroad, the relationship between the individual members was badly damaged, which is why they were sent to a remote Welsh farm for some time . There they began writing their second studio album, Danger in the Club , which was released on May 5, 2015. It was produced by John Leckie , who, as the author of most of the titles on it, was made responsible for a strong stylistic development of the band. Danger in the Club debuted at number 25 on the British album charts. With the limited single Last Christmas on Planet Earth , the band also released a Christmas carol on December 11, 2015 and the last physical sound carrier before the split.

After Palma Violets played their last live performances at the beginning of 2016, the band, which previously maintained regular contact with their fans via social media, fell silent for a long time . From autumn 2016 onwards, rumors were expressed in the trade press that the band might have split up during the year. It was only in 2018 that it was officially announced that the band members had been going their separate ways for two years and playing in different new formations.

Discography

Studio albums

year Title
music label 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
CH CH UK UK
2013 180
Rough Trade 		CH98 (1 week)
CH 		UK11 (4 weeks)
UK
First published: February 25, 2013
2015 Danger in the Club
Rough Trade 		CH-CH UK25 (1 week)
UK
First published: May 5, 2015

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  1. ↑ a b c d Lara Muhn: You are not Pete Doherty! - Palma Violets. In: Intro . February 22, 2013, accessed July 10, 2020 .
  2. ↑ a b c d Palma Violets - portrait. In: laut.de . Retrieved July 10, 2020 .
  3. ↑ a b Tom Connick: Meet Crewel Intentions: the post-Palma Violets project of Chilli Jesson that's embracing emotion and Spaghetti Western atmospherics. In: New Musical Express . November 10, 2018, accessed on July 10, 2020 .
  4. ↑ a b Stacey Anderson: Palma Violets on Mining 'the Seedy Underbelly' for Dark, Punky New LP. In: Rolling Stone . April 23, 2015, accessed July 10, 2020 .
  5. ↑ a b Frank Sawatzki: Much Ado about Noise. In: The time . March 14, 2013, accessed July 10, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Hear Palma Violets' new single Step Up For The Cool Cats Out 25th February 2013. In: Contactmusic. January 11, 2013, accessed July 10, 2020 .
  7. ↑ a b c Chart data: CH , UK , SE .
  8. ↑ Albums Of The Year And End Of Year Critic Lists. In: Rocklist. Retrieved July 10, 2020 .
  9. ↑ Mark Jenkins: Palma Violets, the latest in a lively British punk rock tradition. In: Washington Post . May 8, 2013, accessed July 10, 2020 .
  10. ↑ Alexis Petridis: Palma Violets: 180 - review. In: The Guardian . February 14, 2013, accessed July 10, 2020 .
  11. ↑ Deborah Katona: After the hype, Londoners can only lose. In: laut.de. February 22, 2013, accessed July 10, 2020 .
  12. ↑ Antonio Merida: El mega festival de rock en Nuremberg. In: El País . June 5, 2013, accessed July 10, 2020 (Spanish).
  13. ↑ David Renshaw: Palma Violets announce Rattlesnake Rodeo Tour details. In: New Musical Express. August 29, 2013, accessed July 10, 2020 .
  14. ↑ Jamie Crossan: Palma Violets cause mass stage invasion during late night Great Escape show. In: New Musical Express. May 18, 2013, accessed July 10, 2020 .
  15. ↑ Heather Phares: Danger in the Club - AllMusic Review. In: Allmusic . Retrieved July 10, 2020 .
  16. ^ Charles Innis: Palma Violet's "Last Christmas On Planet Earth" video. In: Stereogum. December 1, 2015, accessed on July 10, 2020 .
  17. ↑ Nick Levine: Palma Violets fans are worried the band have split up. In: New Musical Express. October 27, 2016, accessed on July 10, 2020 .
  18. ↑ Jamie Muir: Gently Tender: “We're extremely ambitious; we're not here to fuck around ". In: Dork. August 29, 2018, accessed July 10, 2020 .

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