JOOLS

UK punk collective JOOLS, comprising vocalists Kate Price and Mitch Gordon, guitarists Chris Johnston and Callum Connachie, bassist Joe Dodd and drummer Chelsea Wrones – has been a name on the lips of clued-up fans and tastemakers since its collective of musicians found each other in the earliest days of 2023.

Quickly gaining a reputation for their cathartic, unpredictable and specular live performances, the band have been consistently championed by BBC Radio One, including two ‘Tune of the Week’ placements on Daniel P Carter’s esteemed Rock Show.

Recent single ‘Guts’ – from their debut album Violent Delights – was supported by leading tastemakers at Kerrang! and DIY, the latter celebrating the track as an “extravaganza of sound” from a band “who have morphed beautifully into something very special”.

Their songs are an anthology of stories that meander through themes of grief, rage, desire and identity. When pressed, JOOLS may identify as a punk, but their music equally draws from the worlds of metal, rap, post-hardcore and hip-hop as much as it does the post-punk of its surface layer. Gordon and Price are as likely to point to Turnstile, Mannequin Pussy and Amyl & The Sniffers as influences as they are to Little Simz and The Streets’ Mike Skinner.