01 Someone Told Me A Poem

02 Ballad Of A Stolen Bicycle

03 Me and James Dean

04 Zombie Holocaust

Debut single from The Violet May, out in April 2010 through Oh! Inverted World records.

01 Bright Or Better

Debut single from The Violet May released in April 2010 on Oh! Inverted World records

This Crowd Is Overcrowded (Single 2010)

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NEW SINGLE ‘JENNIFER LIES’ 
- OUT NOVEMBER 22nd 2010 -

“Electric and inspiring... their time is now.” – The Guardian

“Electrifying… Familiarise yourself with these mugshots, for you will definitely be seeing a lot more of them this year” – Clash Magazine

“Really, truly, brilliant… single of the year so far”- Whisperin And Hollerin

“Music so cool, it doesn’t walk – it swaggers” – Music Week

“A stoner-riff-laden, carpet-bombing barrage of musical brilliance” – Artrocker

“World Class… They're from Sheffield and add a violent rush to the hedonistic stoner riffs of Josh Homme” - Alan McGee

You might not know it yet but you already know The Violet May's lead singer Chris McClure. He was the iconic dishevelled figure on the front cover of the massive selling debut Arctic Monkeys album, “Whatever You Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not” and also the brother of John McClure of Reverend & The Makers. Now fronting his own band The Violet May, he looks set to be icon in his own right.

Touted by The Guardian at the start of the year as one of the "15 acts to watch in 2010", The Violet May burst onto the scene with their blistering debut single “Bright Or Better” in late May 2010; an urgent, high-octane statement of intent, marrying Queens of The Stone Age-esque guitars with the wry lyrical delivery of vocalist McClure.

Strictly limited to only 500 copies, the single won widespread praise and support in the UK from the likes of NME, Clash, Guardian, Artrocker, Sunday Mail, Music Week, Radio 1, 6Music and XFM, while further afield the track made the airwaves in L.A. on Rodney Bingenheimers K-Roq show and even the Top Shop playlist in New York.
The 5-piece from Sheffield then went into June with an appearance on Steve Lamacq’s BBC 6Music show as his “New Favourite Band”, a headline show at London’s KOKO for Club NME, were invited to play festival slots at Leeds Festival, Secret Garden Party and Standon Calling, a headline residency at Alan McGee’s Death Disco clubnight and a sold out Italian tour through Rome, Florence and Venice in October.

Currently recording with Alan Smythe (Arctic Monkeys, Pulp, Long Blondes), the brilliant new single “Jennifer Lies” takes the high energy that has earned the band a reputation for a wild live show and puts this onto record. In the words of The Guardian “Their Time Is Now”…

The Violet May are: Chris McClure (vocals); John Kubicki (keys, guitars, vocals); Jono How (guitar); Dan Booth (bass); Alan Whittaker (drums). 

The Violet May play XFM’s Eddy Temple Morris’ (XFM) night at Proud Galleries this November 25th.

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