Priests - The Seduction of Kansas (April 5, 2019) Album

01 “Jesus’ Son”
02 “The Seduction Of Kansas”
03 “Youtube Sartre”
04 “I’m Clean”
05 “Ice Cream”
06 “Good Time Charlie”
07 “68 Screen”
08 “Not Perceived”
09 “Control Freak”
10 “Carol”
11 “Interlude”
12 “Texas Instruments”

 

Excited

 

Yes please

 

In.

 

Dooopppe

 

Loved their last album

 

So on board

 

That song is fucking great

 

haven't really ever listened to this band before but this song is crazy good

 

Last album was one of my favorites of 2017. This song was especially a standout.

 

Kinda wild that the reception to these songs (from people I've talked to irl and seen in other comment sections) skews pretty negative. I think they're rad.

 

I don't like this as much as the new single - I prefer the softer vocals - but this is cool. definitely gonna need to check out that album

 

Fair enough! The last album is a lot more punk than these new songs, so maybe it won't strike you the same way. The track I posted is a bit of an outlier sonically, but that vocal style is pretty dominant across the album.

 

ah okay, I'm usually pretty into punk, so I'll definitely give it a try. the vocals definitely didn't turn me off enough that I wouldn't be able to enjoy a full album of it, just expected something different after hearing the new stuff haha

 

My band opened for them years ago and I had to leave before they played and it's been one of my biggest regrets

 

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Don’t like it as much as the first two but it’s still good as hell

 

Really curious to hear what people think of this, it wasn’t as immediate for me as I thought it’d be based off the singles but it’s very good. I think it’s just gonna take a couple listens to really click

 

I thought this was really good. It's definitely a shift away from the more traditional punk of their older stuff, but it still has that sense of urgency. Every song feels like its teetering on the edge of collapse. We'll see if it holds up over time like Nothing Feels Natural, but I'm impressed off my first listen.

I don't think this is going to get anywhere near the level of recognition of their last album though and that's a bummer. I hope they're still able to stick around and find success/a bigger audience, because they're one of the best new-ish bands around.

 

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I really liked the singles but I'm having trouble getting through the album, a lot of these songs are pretty boring. it doesn't help that Martha and Kitty released incredibly addicting albums the same day

 

Yeah I unfortunately haven’t listened to anything except Pup and this album is a victim.

 

a lot of this reminds me of the national, but more energetic