If someone asked you a question about what bands that you should look out in 2013, the answer must be Palma Violets. Palma Violets, the band who graced to be on the front cover of "NME" has stolen the spot as one of the most exciting names in the industry. The journey of Palma Violets in getting to the peak is something that came out of frustration.
It started by when the musical partners, bassist/vocalist Chilli Jesson, guitarist/vocalist Sam Fryer, keyboardist Peter Mayhew and drummer Will Doyle met at Reading Festival's campfire. The band were formed in 2011, the main reason of why Palma Violets were formed is they just don't feel the music when they saw other bands and it seems bringing the band to the another level. The band also felt like they need to do something out of their boredomness with pub and clubbing. It brought them to host an event at a converted Georgian terrace in Lambeth, which's called Studio 180. By performing there, Palma Violets got the turning point of the band's career. Rough Trade, the well-known indie label who released bands like The Strokes and The Libertines, snapped their performance that night.
Eventhough Palma Violet has passed some levels that many other new bands are aiming to, they still think they need to be covered from such a media coverage of their music. NME is one of the examples, NME labeled the band as "The best new band in Britain" and also put the band to be the next generation of The Libertines and The Strokes. This gives a different reaction from the band. The drummer, Will Doyle, said that this thing is such an over the top statement since the band only have three songs and it's way too early to call them that way while the band are still in the very early stage of their career.
Palma Violets' musical influences are garage rock and psychedelic, but the band that brought them into music are far from those rock star names who are famously known, it's "Snatch and The Poontangs". Snatch and Poontangs have been the band role model in making music, the band stated that Snatch and Poontangs are the best visual of how music should be created. If you know Snatch and The Poontangs, you must be very surprised with the fact of how Palma Violets put them as their role model, but if you haven't heard of Snatch and The Poontangs before, We suggest you to look them up on the internet.
"Best Of Friends" which is the band's first ever single, get to be voted by NME as song of the year of 2012. Zane Lowe also listed the band's track on his "Hottest Record in The World". Palma Violets' debut album "180" which also worked by Pulp's Steve Mackey, will be released on February 25th 2013. Palma Violet also join Django Django, Miles Kane, and Peace for NME Awards Tour 2013
Well, Palma Violets might only have done few songs, but we are sure once their debut album hit the store, it will reveal their purely great music. (Alcander Alonzo)
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