Chicago’s Violets bring together members of Naked Raygun, The Methadones and Blood People, whilst the band has long tentacles in Chicago’s punk rock history don’t expect them to sound like anything familiar. The quintet has been noodling with their sound for a couple of years now, ever since Simon Lamb (The Methadones), Michael Soucy (The Methadones) and Bill Stephens (Naked Raygun) grabbed a round of drinks and started discussing a project in earnest, the line up was rounded out with the addition of Aly Jados (Blood People) and Fritz Doreza (Naked Raygun). Violets have now released their self titled EP that is available via Bandcamp and streaming platforms. “We really don’t sound like any of our past bands. How about we just describe ourselves as kick ass? It had become apparent that Nake...