If lead singer Chris McClures face looks chin-scratchingly familiar its because youve seen him shaven-headed, squinting and dragging on a cigarette, starring down from billboards, buses and in record stores on the cover of the Arctic Monkeys seminal debut. Hailing from the same area as Alex Turner, McClure Jr guitar teched for the Monkeys on their early tours before giving it up to concentrate on university.
The Violet May have already caught the eyes and ears of tastemakers who have backed the band from the beginning, winning 6Music support from Steve Lamacq as “his new favourite band”, BBC Radio 1’s Rob Da Bank and Huw Stephens, as well as XFM’s Eddy Temple Morris and John Kennedy. The release of their debut EP will undoubtedly have ears obliterated far and wide with their bold and defiant sound.
