Midway through Rocktober and this was one of the best nights yet - the Valmores from York and Childhood who were from North London were a good build up as the crowd slowly increased to about 100 to see the excellent Palma Violets - one of the only bands i can remember who made it to the front of he NmE before releasing a single. Check it out on http://www.palmaviolets.co.uk/

The driving rhythm and high energy vocals reminded me of something from the late 70’s - the reaction of the audience ( Oh to be 17 again !) was a sure sign of why these boys will go far. Short songs -no nonsense- do very little but do it well - no fancy guitar solos here.
So glad I didn’t miss that gig - will this be one where i can say “ I saw them in York before they were famous … or are they famous already ?…..
The single is on good old Rough Trade so a few happy memories of a previous life. Just the sort of band they would have signed 30 years ago .