Name: Bodies And Control And Money And Power
Brand: Priests

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Bertus Musikvertrieb

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Release date

2014-06-20

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DGLP 084

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634457656116

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2014-06-19

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634457656123

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Priests

Label EU

Don Giovanni Records

Genre EU

Punk / Hardcore

Based in Washington DC, Priests is a post-punk band that was formed in 2012. Known for their unique sound and energetic performances, they have gained a dedicated following both locally and internationally. The band members are also involved in running Sister Polygon Records, which has become an influential label within the music industry.

Priests draws inspiration from various genres including punk, rock, and art-pop. Their music often tackles social and political issues with thought-provoking lyrics and powerful melodies. With their distinct style and captivating stage presence, Priests has been compared to artists such as Sneaks, French Vanilla, Ought, Iceage, B Boys, Preoccupations, Omni, Childbirth, Gilla Band, Savages, Control Top,and Sheer Mag.

Whether you're a fan of post-punk or simply appreciate innovative music that pushes boundaries,Priests' discography offers something for everyone. From their debut album "Nothing Feels Natural" to their latest release "The Seduction of Kansas,"Priests continues to deliver raw and compelling music that resonates with audiences worldwide.

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This is a Record Store Day 2017 item. It will be available to purchase from our stores from 8am 22nd April. Remaining stock will be available to purchase from this page at 00.01 29th April.Priests’ Early Recordings combines the band’s first two cassette-only tape releases, originally recorded in 2011 and 2013. The small run cassette releases were originally intended to be for purchase only at the band’s live shows. “We didn’t want everybody to hear it,” said drummer Daniele Daniele. “We were still learning our instruments, so these tapes were not intended to impress the world, just document where we were for our own sake.” Daniele met vocalist Katie Alice Greer the same week she arrived in Washington, DC to complete a fellowship at Georgetown University, and the two decided to start a band. Guitarist GL Jaguar joined soon after, and bassist Taylor Mulitz completed the lineup the following year. Tape 1 was recorded by Jaguar in his parent’s basement in Maryland. The band had existed for one week, and the trio had written four songs. “I was very eager to have evidence of the band exist for myself, because I didn’t know how long it would last, and I wanted to make music more than anything, said Greer. “Diet Coke”, the band’s first song, is a hundred second blast of pummeling energy and what would become Jaguar’s signature riffage. A winking nod to advertising that sneaks into culture, the tune is followed by the more contemplative “Talking”, a song on which both Greer and Jaguar play guitar. Greer’s lyrics speak to US public school systems “rewarding complicity” and children being “being socialized by reality TV”. “The World”, perhaps foreshadowing the band’s krautrock-inspired penchant for repetition, is a jubilant intermission before “Cobra”, a playfully minimal stop-start closer inspired by cult favorite rock group She (also known as “The Hairem”). On Tape Two the band was eager to showcase their fuller sound as a newly expanded quartet. The tape’s seven songs were recorded by Kevin Erickson and Hugh McElroy, who had already recorded the band’s first single “Radiation/Personal Planes” a year earlier and would go on to produced half of Priests’ Bodies and Control and Money and Power EP and all of Nothing Feels Natural. “Leave Me Alone” nods to the Priests’s affinity for inverting the cool funk of a song like Bush Tetras’ “Too Many Creeps” (“I see you when I’m out on the street/ I think you look like a creep”) while exploring more melodic territory on tracks like “Twelve”, hinting to material that would later surface on Nothing Feels Natural. Lyrically, Priests continued to explore themes that center women’s lives (“Lillian Hellman”), critique social perception of female celebrity (“Lana”), interrogate assumptions of US history (“Incantations”), and invert the male gaze on the Daniele Daniele-penned closer “Watch You”. Priests was already interested in expanding their musical palette, as evidenced by metallic clangs and a purring drum machine on “Watch You” and creeping mellotron weaving in and out of a few different tracks throughout. Early Recordings lays the groundwork for Priests longer releases in the following three years and provides context for the band’s evolving sound.

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