THE MARCH VIOLETS : ‘Crocodile Promises’ – new album by UK post-punk/goth legends out today on Metropolis Records

THE MARCH VIOLETS | Crocodile Promises album cover artwork

THE MARCH VIOLETS
CROCODILE PROMISES

new album
out 19.07.24
(Metropolis Records)

“Immediately accessible and enticing, displaying a band at the very top of their game 9/10”
VIVE LE ROCK
“They have gleefully surfed the waves of time. Invigorating.”
CLASSIC ROCK
“Shows they’ve lost none of their spark….will go a long way to reaffirming their place in rock history”
BLITZED
“Reborn and revamped for the modern age, plus they still write great songs”
LOUDER THAN WAR
“Sounding warm and luxurious, this is an album of dark delights”
THE MIDLANDS ROCKS
“It’s incredible that a band at this stage in their career could drop a definitive album, but that’s exactly what they have done”
AURAL AGGRAVATION

includes the single
HAMMER THE LAST NAIL
stream | video

THE MARCH VIOLETS | Hammer The Last Nail video

on tour now in the UK
19.07.24 LEEDS Brudenell Social Club tickets
20.07.24 LONDON Garage tickets
24.07.24 READING Facebar tickets
26.07.24 BRISTOL Thekla tickets
27.07.24 NOTTINGHAM Rescue Rooms tickets
02.08.24 BLACKPOOL Rebellion Festival tickets
03.08.24 GLASGOW Classic Grand tickets

First generation post-punk/goth legends The March Violets have released a brand new studio album entitled ‘Crocodile Promises’ today and also begin a UK tour this evening with a show in Leeds, where they first formed in 1981.

Contact Gary Levermore at Red Sand PR for media guest list places at all shows except Blackpool.

Original Post Punk drum machine band from Leeds.
Started at the beginning, imploded, reborn for the 21st Century.
Play Loud, Play Purple.

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-’80s with singles such as ‘Crow Baby’, ‘Snake Dance’, ‘Walk Into The Sun’ and ‘Deep’. The band were subsequently snapped up by London Records for the 1987 release of ’Turn To The Sky’ – 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 ‘Big Soul Kiss’ was made available by Jungle Records for the 2021 edition of Record Store Day, with the same label issuing the singles compilation ‘Play Loud Play Purple’ and five-CD box set ‘The Palace Of Infinite Darkness’ shortly after. These coincided with a well received European tour that included headlining sets at Wave-Gotik-Treffen (WGT) in Germany and Tomorrow’s Ghosts Festival (Whitby Goth Weekend) in the UK.

Mat Thorpe (bass, vocals) joined band founders Rosie Garland (vocals) and Tom Ashton (guitar) as a permanent member of the group in early 2024.

THE MARCH VIOLETS | 2024 photo by Toni Slater