Maisy Meets Palma Violets (Leeds Met 21.11.13)

Palma Violets Rattlesnake Rodeo tour kicked off in Wolverhampton last week, and I managed to see them in Leeds on thursday night. We hung around before the gig and met the majority of the band (including the absolute genius that is Harry Violent) before they went to Dry Dock (ITS A PUB IN A BOAT ON THE GRASS) for cheap beer and chips. 

The first support act was Glasgow band Baby Strange who I already knew one or two songs of. They were really good, their act made better by the fact that Harry was disgusted with the crowds lack of movement for the support and decided to start a mosh pit in the middle of the room - fair enough. The bands best songs were Friend, Pure Evil and an amazing upbeat cover of Peter, Bjorn and John's Young Folks which I would love to see being recorded as a B side for their next record. Would definitely go see the band again and have high hopes they'll be booked for Live at Leeds this year. 

Next support was a band called Childhood, think a hybrid between Splashh and Theme Park. They were probably less enthralling but still good. Palma Violets came on and played two unknown songs before playing their way through their album 180. Highlights were the amazing single that introduced Palma Violets to the world, Best of Friends, and my personal favourite Rattlesnake Highway. As is to be expected at a Palma Violets gig there was havoc with people crowd surfing and falling on top of people, and I did at multiple times have my hair ripped out. They left the stage for a few minutes, in which time Chilli took his shirt of (standard) and came back on to play a couple more songs, including the cover of the Hot Nasties Invasion of the Tribbles, with members of the two support bands actually playing their guitars for them so the rest of the band could just prance around on stage and jump into the crowd. 

Afterwards we went backstage to talk to whoever we could. We found Harry and talked Game of Thrones, his antics in Sheffield the night before and how people of the North are so much better at gigs than in the South, followed by a YORKSHIRE YORKSHIRE YORKSHIRE chant and lots of jumping around. He then dragged Chilli out to see us, who took photos with everyone and thanked us all profusely for coming, and promised they'd be back soon. I can't wait to have them back to Leeds. 

Unfortunately I didn't get any photos of the gig, as I was scared that if my phone came out of my bag I'd never see it again. You'll have to just use your imagination as to how it looked....