Not your average Chiseled Indie Freshers

Palma Violets, a band that I have recently discovered, mostly due to my delay in the receiving of British Indie hit magazine the NME. According to them, they are the "best thing to happen in British music" and I admit, at first I was more than a bit sceptical. 

After witnessing the obvious boyish good-looks from the blown up black and white photographs of Sam Fryer, Chili Jesson, Pete Mayhew and Will Doyle in my (not so latest) NME issue, I admit, I was somewhat taken back by just how much their looks may have taken a part in their success. I mean, they were what Indie-heads wanted to see. Reluctantly, I was drawn to their debut single Best of Friends and sat back to absorb the music... not the looks. I was pleasantly surprised. 

The lads themselves.

 These four greasy-haired guys are far better than my brutal expectations placed them out to be. Their appealing balance between The Libertines and The Clash (two bands near and dear to my heart) is absolutely captivating. Once I pressed play right up until when I pressed replay, I was in a sort of trance where it was only me and the simple, yet bold guitar riffs. It was simply different - the same - but different. Nothing like I've ever heard, but something that sounds so familiar. Stop me, please.




There is not doubt that I am unclear about what makes them so appealing, and no - it's not just their fresh faces and what I want to see in Indie. Their sound gives me a sort of hope. It makes me look forward to what else my generation can come up with that won't make me cry. It makes me dance around and anticipate with the highest of hopes. Music is such a complex art form, and these guys have it in the palm of their hand without even realising. They are all probably thinking it's all fun and games is drugsland, being adored by women and drowned in sweat while destroying the technology around them. It is all that, but it's so much more as well. 

I decided to write about them because they have been such a pivotal moment in my life. They have reminded me why I took up a love of writing in the first place. It's all about the music. I lost myself for a bit, being constantly bored of the same old routine just eating away at me. Now, this new and actually good band has brought me back from the dead. I've re-found my passion and I look forward to reigniting it further. 

Thanks guys, I don't think you'll ever know how much I appreciate this. 

Norliza.