Rising UK punks Jools announce debut album, Violent Delights

UK punk six-piece Jools have announced details of their debut album, Violent Delights.

The band – vocalists Mitch Gordon and Kate Price, guitarist/bassist Joe Dodd, guitarists Chris Johnston and Callum Connachie, and drummer Chelsea Wrones – will drop their first full-length on June 6 via Hassle, with new single Mother Monica out today to mark the big announcement.

“We’d spoken about the constant, underlying feeling of guilt and need to be ‘good’ that can sometimes come with being brought up Catholic,” explains Kate of this newest banger. “For us, that eventually manifested in a need to be rebellious.

“The hook of the chorus comes from a prayer by St Augustine, who was known for being excessive and sinful in his youth, and asked God to make him good, but just not yet. Mother Monica is our version of that prayer.”

Catch Jools live in the UK in the coming months, including at 2000trees this July.

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