Upset The Rhythm presents…
PRIESTS
Thursday 25 May
The Victoria, 451 Queensbridge Rd, Dalston, E8 3AS
7.30pm | £8 | https://www.wegottickets.com/event/389169
Priests
are Daniele Daniele (drums), Katie Alice Greer (vocals), G.L. Jaguar (guitar),
and Taylor Mulitz (bass). Formed in 2011 in Washington DC, the band has proven
a valuable force for strangeness in a city that is increasingly terraformed by
norms. At a time when few groups were making serious moves beyond the Beltway,
Priests toured throughout North America and Europe. More significantly, they’ve
helped to raise the general standard of show-going at home through cassettes
and singles released on Sister Polygon, including music by bands like Sneaks,
Snail Mail, Pinkwash, Cigarette, Downtown Boys, and numerous Priests-affiliated
groups like Gauche and Flasher. Still, even amidst thriving hometown
creativity, Priests possess a singular gravity. They are physical and
combustible, urgent and visceral. This January, Nothing Feels Natural, the
band’s first full length LP was released on their own label Sister Polygon
Records. It’s the bands most stylistically diverse
set of songs to date, expanding on their lo-fi post-punk bona-fides with ideas
drawn from pop, R&B, and industrial noise. Thematically, Nothing can
be understood as a series of vignettes — nine stories that crystallize into a
bigger picture about the economics of human relationships, the invisibility of
feminized labor, and the dual purpose of art for both the group and the
individual. It’s a record that thrives amid the tension between that what is
valued and what is dismissed; between what is desired and what is presented.
Another new show for you! I can't look more forward!
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