{"id":99127,"date":"2025-07-03T11:00:44","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T10:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?p=99127"},"modified":"2025-07-07T20:25:57","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T19:25:57","slug":"review-jools-violent-delights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-jools-violent-delights\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Jools &#8211; Violent Delights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-99480 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Jools-\u2013-Violent-Delights--300x300.webp\" alt=\"Jools - Violent Delights\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Jools-\u2013-Violent-Delights--300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Jools-\u2013-Violent-Delights--800x800.webp 800w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Jools-\u2013-Violent-Delights--100x100.webp 100w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Jools-\u2013-Violent-Delights--768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Jools-\u2013-Violent-Delights-.webp 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>There is an assured confidence that oozes through\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/tag\/jools\/\"><strong>Jools<\/strong><\/a>&#8216; debut album,\u00a0<em>&#8216;Violent Delights&#8217;<\/em>. Led by co-vocalists Kate Price and Mitch Gordon, the Leicester\/London sextet fuses elements of punk, metal, rap, post-hardcore, post-punk, and hip-hop into tales of addiction, identity, ambition, and more.\u00a0Songs like <em>&#8216;Cardinal&#8217;<\/em> charge with lyrical defiance, wrapped in an affective spoken-sung, post-punk style.<\/p>\n<p>Previous single,\u00a0<em>&#8216;Mother Monica&#8217;<\/em>, sharply rides a punk-fuelled train of sin before\u00a0<em>&#8216;Live Deliciously&#8217;\u00a0<\/em>swaggers with bloodthirsty lust. Gordon&#8217;s words are feral and bruising, before Price&#8217;s verses flip typical gender tropes, providing a biting, commanding, and unapologetically provocative narrative. <em>&#8216;Limerence&#8217;<\/em> blurs the lines of desire and desperation, maintaining the lyrically enticing theme that threads its web throughout\u00a0<em>&#8216;Violent Delights&#8217;<\/em>.\u00a0Away from its lustful spine, songs like\u00a0<em>&#8216;Knee Injury&#8217;<\/em> are introspective. Expressing creative frustration, it bounces between self-loathing and determination, allowing Price and Gordon to be equally confrontational and vulnerable.<\/p>\n<p>If there&#8217;s anything to take away from\u00a0<strong>Jools<\/strong> and<span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"> &#8216;<\/span><em>Violent Delights,&#8217;<\/em> is how visceral their storytelling is. With its atmospheric guitars and punk n&#8217;roll surging choruses, <em>&#8216;97%&#8217;\u00a0<\/em>proves to be a thought-provoking highlight. Honing in on the notion that men are entitled to women, leaving them in constant fear. Gordon can&#8217;t help but apologise, although he accepts that he&#8217;s a product of the patriarchal society.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Jools &#039;Limerence&#039; (Official Music Video)\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NWQXt9EDR64?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Musically, Gordon and Price are backed by a strong backline of guitarists Chris Johnston and Callum Connachie, bassist Joe Dodd and drummer Chelsea Wrones. Collectively, they support the authentic songwriting, yet often rely on a constant formula that involves plucky verses and explosive choruses. Nevertheless, this is a minor flaw in what is a vivid and evocative offering.<\/p>\n<p>As a debut,<em> \u2018Violent Delights\u2019<\/em> is undoubtedly bold and emotionally charged, but it\u2019s not without its missteps. For all its lyrical intensity, urgent storytelling, and stylistic ambition, <strong>Jools<\/strong> occasionally fall into familiar patterns that dilute the impact of their more daring moments. Still, there\u2019s more than enough promise and personality here to show that <strong>Jools<\/strong> are onto something. They combine emotional weight with a convincing lyrical bite, resulting in a record that\u2019s both poetic and brutally human.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8216;Violent Delights&#8217;<\/em> by\u00a0<strong>Jools<\/strong> is released on July 4th through\u00a0<strong>Hassle Records<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Find <strong>Jools<\/strong> on:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/joolsbandjools\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/joolsbandjools\">X (Formerly Twitter) <\/a>| <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/Joolsbandjools\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@joolsbandjools\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TikTok<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/joolsbandjools.bandcamp.com\/album\/violent-delights\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bandcamp<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/7J6YlxY8MiF5ZwfVBzMpPc?si=Lz5X8JIlSgWO7ooonzzBRw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/gb\/artist\/jools\/1481159342\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apple Music<\/a> |\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/joolsbandjools.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Website<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jools&#8217; 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