{"id":480648,"date":"2019-01-09T09:39:54","date_gmt":"2019-01-09T16:39:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=776052"},"modified":"2019-01-09T09:39:54","modified_gmt":"2019-01-09T16:39:54","slug":"d-c-punks-priests-detail-new-album-the-seduction-of-kansas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/music-news\/d-c-punks-priests-detail-new-album-the-seduction-of-kansas\/","title":{"rendered":"D.C. Punks Priests Detail New Album, \u2018The Seduction of Kansas\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/priests-tsok-press-photo-4-copy.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Washington, D.C. punk firebrands <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/priests\/\" id=\"auto-tag_priests\" data-tag=\"priests\">Priests<\/a> will return this spring with their second full-length album, <em>The Seduction of Kansas<\/em>. The follow-up to their 2017 debut, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/how-d-c-protest-punks-priests-are-fighting-fascism-on-their-own-terms-120187\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Nothing Feels Natural<\/em><\/a>, is out April 5th on Sister Polygon Records, the band\u2019s independent self-run label.<\/p>\n<p>Priests recorded <em>The Seduction of Kansas<\/em> in Dallas with producer John Congleton, who\u2019s helped indie-rock artists like St. Vincent and Sharon Van Etten leap forward into arty, brainy pop in recent years. Something similarly exciting seems to be afoot with Priests\u2019 new album, judging by the great title track, which swings and glides in ways that the band\u2019s past work only hinted at.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Seduction of Kansas<\/em> features prominent contributions from multi-instrumentalist and co-writer Janel Leppin, along with Priests\u2019 core line-up of singer Katie Alice Greer, drummer Daniele Daniele and guitarist G.L. Jaguar. In a press release, Priests cite Massive Attack\u2019s <em>Mezzanine<\/em>, Portishead\u2019s <em>Third,<\/em> Nine Inch Nails\u2019 <em>The<\/em> <em>Downward Spiral<\/em> and political historian Thomas Frank\u2019s 2004 bestseller <em>What\u2019s the Matter With Kansas<\/em><em>?<\/em> as influences on the new record.<\/p>\n<p>The striking <a href=\"https:\/\/f4.bcbits.com\/img\/a2264774476_10.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">cover art<\/a> for <em>The Seduction of Kansas<\/em> was designed by former Priests bassist Taylor Mulitz, who left the band in 2017 to focus on his other band, Flasher, a recent <em>Rolling Stone<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/flasher-constant-image-punk-interview-752647\/\">Artist You Need to Know<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/coR59SSPWv8?version=3&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;autohide=2&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The Seduction of Kansas<\/em> Track List<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. Jesus\u2019 Son<br \/>2. The Seduction of Kansas<br \/>3. Youtube Sartre<br \/>4. I\u2019m Clean<br \/>5. Ice Cream<br \/>6. Good Time Charlie<br \/>7. 68 Screen<br \/>8. Not Perceived<br \/>9. Control Freak<br \/>10. Carol<br \/>11. Interlude<br \/>12. Texas Instruments<\/p>\n<p><strong><span id=\"0.7753861888444861\" class=\"highlight\">Priests Tour Dates<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fri. March 8 \u2013 Savannah, GA @ Savannah Stopover Music Festival<br \/>Sat. March 9 \u2013 Birmingham, AL @ The Firehouse<br \/>Mon. March 11 \u2013 Fri. March 15 \u2013 Austin, TX @ SXSW<br \/>Sun. March 17 \u2013 Nashville, TN @ Exit \/ In<br \/>Mon. March 18 \u2013 Knoxville, TN @ The Pilot Light<br \/>Mon. April 15 \u2013 Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer<br \/>Tue. April 16 \u2013 Brooklyn, NY @ Elsewhere<br \/>Thu. April 18 \u2013 Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair<br \/>Fri. April 19 \u2013 Montreal, QC @ Casa Del Popolo<br \/>Sat. April 20 \u2013 Toronto, ON @ The Garrison<br \/>Sun. April 21 \u2013 Detroit, MI @ El Club<br \/>Mon. April 22 \u2013 Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall<br \/>Thu. April 25 \u2013 Madison, WI @ High Noon Saloon<br \/>Fri. April 26 \u2013 Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry<br \/>Sat. April 27 \u2013 Omaha, NE @ Reverb<br \/>Sun. April 28 \u2013 Des Moines, IA @ Vaudeville Mews<br \/>Tue. April 30 \u2013 Bloomington, IN @ The Bishop<br \/>Wed. May 1 \u2013 Columbus, OH @ Ace of Cups<br \/>Sat. May 11 \u2013 Brighton, UK @ The Great Escape<br \/>Sun. May 12 \u2013 Bristol, UK @ Rough Trade<br \/>Mon. May 13 \u2013 Manchester, UK @ YES (Pink Room)<br \/>Tues. May 14 \u2013 Glasgow, UK @ The Hug and Pint<br \/>Wed. May 15 \u2013 Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club<br \/>Thu. May 16 \u2013 London, UK @ 100 Club<br \/>Fri. 17 May \u2013 Lille, FR @ Aeronef<br \/>Sat. 18 May \u2013 Paris, FR @ Supersonic<br \/>Mon. 20 May \u2013 Brussels, BE @ Botanique (Witloof Bar)<br \/>Tue. 21 May \u2013 Cologne, DE @ Bumann &amp; Sohn<br \/>Wed. 22 May \u2013 Munich, DE @ Import\/Export<br \/>Thu. 23 May \u2013 Zurich, CH @ Rote Fabrik<br \/>Fri. 24 May \u2013 Heidelberg, DE @ Queer Festival (Karlstorbahnhof)<br \/>Sat, 25 May \u2013 Amsterdam, NL @ London Calling<br \/>Mon. 27 May \u2013 Aarhus DK @ Tape<br \/>Tue. 28 May \u2013 Copenhagen, DK @ Loppen<br \/>Wed. 29 May \u2013 Berlin, DE @ Kantine am Berghain<br \/>Thu. 30 May \u2013 Hamburg, DE @ Hafenklag (Goldener Salon)<br \/>Fri. 31 May \u2013 Hilvarenbeek, NL @ Best Kept Secret Festival<br \/>Sat. 1 June \u2013 Neustrelitz, DE @ Immergut Festival<br \/>Sat. June 15 \u2013 Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club<br \/>Sun. June 16 \u2013 Durham, NC @ The Pinhook<br \/>Mon. June 17 \u2013 Atlanta, GA @ Drunken Unicorn<br \/>Tue. June 18 \u2013 New Orleans, LA @ Gasa Gasa<br \/>Thu. June 20 \u2013 Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall<br \/>Fri. June 21 \u2013 Austin, TX @ Barracuda<br \/>Sat. June 22 \u2013 Dallas, TX @ Club Dada<br \/>Mon. June 24 \u2013 Albuquerque, NM @ Sister<br \/>Tue. June 25 \u2013 Phoenix, AZ @ Valley Bar<br \/>Wed. June 26 \u2013 San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar<br \/>Thu. June 27 \u2013 Los Angeles, CA @ Teragram Ballroom<br \/>Sat. June 29 \u2013 Oakland, CA @ Starline Social Club<br \/>Mon. July 1 \u2013 Portland, OR @ Polaris Hall<br \/>Tue. July 2 \u2013 Vancouver, BC @ The Bitmore<br \/>Wed. July 3 \u2013 Seattle, WA @ Neumos<br \/>Sat. July 6 \u2013 Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court<br \/>Sun. July 7 \u2013 Denver, CO @ Lost Lake<br \/>Tue. July 9 \u2013 Kansas City, MO @ The Record Bar<br \/>Wed. July 10 \u2013 St. Louis, MO @ Off Broadway<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/priests-the-seduction-of-kansas-new-album-776052\/\" target=\"_blank\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, D.C. punk firebrands Priests will return this spring with their second full-length album, The Seduction of Kansas. The follow-up to their 2017 debut, Nothing Feels Natural, is out April 5th on Sister Polygon Records, the band\u2019s independent self-run label. Priests recorded The Seduction of Kansas in Dallas with producer John Congleton, who\u2019s helped indie-rock [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-480648","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-12 10:17:26","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KQZR - The Reel","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=480648"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480648\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=480648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=480648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=480648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}