March Violets
Crocodile Promises
'Crocodile Promises,' the 2024 album from legendary post-punk/goth rock act The March Violets builds upon the band's 40 year legacy. Founding members Rosie Garland and Tom Ashton are now joined by bassist Mat Thorpe (who already contributed to the 2007 mini-album 'Trinity EP'). 'Crocodile Promises' finds the March Violets in top form, creating a reinvigorated take on its trademark boundary-shredding goth-tinged post punk. The March Violets started in 1981 as one of Leeds' four famous drum machine bands and were label mates in the beginning of The Sisters Of Mercy. Their first two singles ('Religious As Hell' and 'Grovving In Green,' both 1982) indeed were out on Andrew Eldritch's Merciful Release label. The band released a number of highly successful singles under ever changing line-ups (incl. William Faith of Faith & The Muse and The Bellwether Syndicate) between 1982 and 1986 and 2 compilations of their singles appeared in 1984 and 1985 - but there was no official debut album until year 2013 (the album 'Made Glorious')!