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 before a Fontaines DC show and started discussing a project in earnest. The line up has been rounded out Aly Jados (Blood People) and Fritz Doreza (Naked Raygun) and the band have now released The Tower, the lead single from their upcoming self titled EP that can be pre-ordered via Bandcamp ahead of it’s release on the 2nd May. Violets will a...