Jools

Violent Delights, the debut album from UK punk collective JOOLS, ends exactly where it begins. “These violent delights have violent ends,” sings co-vocalist Kate Price on both the album opener ‘The Pleasures’ and its climactic, curtain-dropping title track. “And violently you’ll see, nobody decides it’s over for me, but me.” It’s an echo that bookends Violent Delights by deliberate, poignant design. “Those words encapsulate everything we’re saying on the album,” Price explains. “We’ve always known exactly who we are, and whatever has been thrown at us in our lives, we’ve always known where it is we’re going. Those words don’t just define the story of Violent Delights. They define JOOLS.” JOOLS – comprised of Price, co-vocalist Mitch Gordon, guitarists Chris Johnston and Callum Connachie, bassist Joe Dodd and drummer Chelsea Wrones – has been a name on the lips of clued-up fans and tastemakers since its collective of musicians found each other in the earliest days of 2023. Quickly gaining a reputation for their cathartic, unpredictable and specular live performances, the band have been consistently championed by BBC Radio One, including two ‘Tune of the Week’ placements on Daniel P Carter’s esteemed Rock Show. Recent single ‘Guts’ – the world’s first glimpse into Violent Delights – was supported by leading tastemakers at Kerrang! and DIY, the later celebrating the track as an “extravaganza of sound” from a band “who have morphed beautifully into something very special”.