“Crocodile Promises”, the all new album from legendary post-punk/goth rock act The March Violets builds upon the band’s 40 year legacy. Founding members Rosie Garland and Tom Ashton are now joined by bassist Mat Thorpe (who already contributed to the 2007 mini-Album ‘Trinity EP’).
“Crocodile Promises” finds the March Violets in top form, creating a reinvigorated take on it’s trademark boundary-shredding goth-tinged post punk. They not only keep the spirit alive, but they are also a strong live-act, as they proved (among others) in an impressive way at last years Wave Gothic Treffen.
The March Violets are a legendary Goth band from Leeds/UK. They started in 1981 as one of Leeds’ four famous drum machine bands and were label mates in the beginning of The Sisters Of Mercy. Their first two singles (Religious as Hell and Grovving in Green, both 1982) indeed were out on Andrew Eldritch’s Merciful Release label. The band released a number of highly successful singles under ever changing line-ups (incl. William Faith of Faith & the Muse and The Bellwether Syndicate) between 1982 and 1986 and 2 compilation of their singles appeared in 1984 and 1985 – but there was no official debut album until year 2013!

Tracks:
01 Hammer the last Nail
02 Bite the Hand
03 Virgin Sheep
04 Kraken awakes
05 Mortalit
06 World away from Kind
07 Crocodile Teeth
08 Heading for the Fire
09 This Way out