For those of you who |complain about the lack of ‘new’ acts playing Cornwall, it’s time to get your hands on tickets to see the Palma Violets ahead of their |headline NME Awards tour.

Palma Violets are an English band from London who formed in 2011 from the musical partnership of frontmen Sam Fryer and Chilli Jesson. The band’s musical output is primarily based around the rock genre, with some garage rock and psychedelic influences.

Hailed as one of the most |exciting new bands in Britain, Studio 180 has been home to the thrilling rock’n’roll four-piece where they holed-up writing songs, just of the Lambeth Road.

The opposite of the last |significant development in English guitar music when the Arctic Monkeys became the first “Myspace band”, harnessing the power of the internet and prompting BBC documentaries and |convulsions in major record labels, the Palma Violets’ rise has been notable by their total avoidance of the worldwide web.

In fact, until a couple of months ago, they had no online presence, no music recorded and no press team working for them. This wasn’t the product of some fiendishly counter-intuitive marketing |strategy, it was because all they cared about was playing shows.

“We didn’t want to put ourselves on Facebook, Youtube or the |internet because we hadn’t recorded any songs,” explains singer Sam Fryer. “We were making this noise together in a room for fun and that’s where you had to experience it.”

“The best way to see a |rock’n’roll band is to go and see them play live,” elaborates bassist Chilli Jesson. “That’s all we wanted people to do.”

Palma Violets’ debut album ‘180’ - produced by Steve Mackey (Pulp) and Rory Attwell (Test Icicles) and released on Rough Trade in February 2013 – is named after the studio where the band’s story began and captures the live energy of these formative shows.

The Palma Violets play the Princess Pavilion, Falmouth on Wednesday, February 11 in one of three rare South West gigs ahead of their NME appearances. The band also play dates in Plymouth and Exeter.

For further information check out www.palmaviolets.co.uk or www.tempusleisure.org.uk