Palma Violets
Danger In The Club
May 4 2015 (Rough Trade)
7.5/10
Words: Alison Mack
The follow-up to their touted 2013 debut album, '180', that saw them throw themselves unstintingly on the British public, and what's more were able to even better their performance live. Produced by John Leckie 'Danger In The Club's 13 tracks holds firm to their initial feistyness; their raucous stage act being replicated in the party vibe here.
From big singalongs like 'Gout! Gang! Go!' where the two frontman formation of Sam Fryer and Chilli Jesson whoop and yelp their way through, and the swollen intro of 'Hollywood (I Got It)' that leads promptly into a stimulative surf punk ride - and with those smile raising “fresh fish, I got it!” lines - to the touching 'The Jacket Song', and the travails of unwanted love on the inebriated 'Coming Over To My Place' (“I would rather die, I would rather die/ I would rather die than be in love”).
'Girl, You Couldn’t Do Much Better On the Beach', has all the surfy bounce of early Violets as it bops along like an over-excited puppy, while closer 'English Tongue' provides the all-encompassing finale pummeled over a stomping piano-driven rhythm, blues guitar riffs, and Fryer/Jesson getting their own 'English tongues' around the vocals.
'Danger In The Club' is an engaging, exuberant and uninhibited album that touches with lightness on even the most pessimistic of the tracks. and bitter moments, and turns it all into one big passionate party.
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