FIND HIM
‘We’re extremely concerned’ say hit UK indie band as they beg fans for help finding their missing ‘younger brother’
Palma Violets issued a desperate appeal to locate Harry
AN INDIE band has begged fans to help find their missing "younger brother".
Harry Jones, the unofficial fifth member of former rock quartet Palma Violets, is said to have gone missing in January.
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Although the group split up back in 2016, the band's official Instagram page shared a picture of Harry alongside the plea.
Former Palma Violets frontman Chilli Jesson appears to be running the group's social media accounts.
A statement read: "Please help us find @harryjones our younger brother.
"He was last heard from at the end of January and although there have been supposed sightings near Kings Cross, London there is nothing substantial to base that on.
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"We are extremely concerned for Harry and need to find him. Please share far and wide.
"Harry if you see this, we love you and want to make sure you're ok."
Palma Violets was made up of bassist/vocalist Chilli, guitarist/vocalist Sam Fryer, Peter Mayhew on keyboards and drummer Will Doyle.
Formed in 2011, their first single Best of Friends was voted NME's song of the year for 2012.
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The band's debut album 180 was released in 2013.
An interview by Apple Music host Matt Wilkinson with former member Sam in 2018 confirmed Palma Violets had split up.
At the time, Sam said: "Two years ago we decided to call it quits. We didn't fall out, we just changed as people.
"We were 18 years old when we started... when you hit 24, after years of touring, I think you just become different people.
"We just moved on."
All the members of Palma Violets apart from Chilli formed a new band called Gently Tender.
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Palma Violets
PALMA Violets were an indie rock band from Lambeth, London, founded in 2011.
The four original members included – Chilli Jesson, Sam Fryer, Pete Mayhew and Will Doyle.
The band's music was primarily in the indie rock genre, with some garage rock and psychedelic influences.
The London foursome were compared to the Clash or the Libertines.
They were signed to Rough Trade Records and gained a fan base online before the release of their first single Best of Friends.
But they disbanded in 2018 and bassist Chilli said he knew it was coming for a while.
He told NME: "I think so, yeah. But I didn't know how scary it was going to be when eventually the inevitable happened. I was sort of left out alone.
"Everything that I knew crumbled around me. I was riddled with anxieties – the unknown is such a scary place.
"That was what I knew for five, six years of my life. It was a scary thing."