Name: Uppers
Brand: TV Priest

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

SP1422X

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Colour

Grey

Colour details

Grey Marbled.

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Discogs ID

[r17229649]

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Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: Yes

Format detail

With Double Sided Poster.

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2021-02-05

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

PIAS

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

0098787142204

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Total Cap

1 / Extended format: Yes / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / grey

SP1422

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Black

Extended format: No

0098787142211

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

SPCD1422

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Gatefold Altpack.

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0098787142228

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

TV Priest

Genre GB

Alternative / Modern

Label GB

Sub Pop

Short for "Subterranean Pop" 

The label was an outgrowth of [a=Bruce Pavitt]'s Olympia, WA based (print) fanzine, which became the well respected cassettezine of the same name. 

After his move to Seattle he ran a music column in the Seattle Rocket also called Sub Pop.

After initial forays into the record label world with a [a=Green River] 7" (not officially on Sub Pop) and the Sub Pop 100 LP, the label exploded onto the indie scene with four influential colored vinyl 7"s which included [a=Mudhoney]'s "Touch Me I'm Sick" which made the year-end top 10 playlist of nearly every music journalist in the world.

Subsequent hyping of the label in the English music press put them on the map, and grunge was born.

Label-Code is 03159; rarely found printed on releases (basically only on releases manufactured/licensed by Warner/WEA Germany)

TV Priest is a post-punk band hailing from London, UK. The band was formed in 2019 and consists of members on guitar, vocals, drums, bass, and keyboards. With their unique sound and captivating performances, TV Priest has quickly gained recognition in the music scene. Their powerful lyrics and energetic melodies make them a must-listen for any fan of alternative rock.
Since their formation, TV Priest has been making waves with their thought-provoking songs that tackle social issues and personal experiences. Their raw and authentic approach to music sets them apart from other bands in the genre.
With each member bringing their own individual talent to the table, TV Priest creates a dynamic sound that keeps listeners hooked from start to finish. Whether you're a long-time fan or new to their music, TV Priest is sure to leave an impression with their infectious energy and meaningful lyrics.

Four childhood friends who made music together as teenagers before drifting apart and then, somewhat inevitably, back together late in 2019, TV Priest was borne out of a need to create together once again, and brings with it a wealth of experience and exhaustion picked up in the band’s years of pursuing ‘real life’ and ‘real jobs’, something those teenagers never had. 

Last November, the band – vocalist Charlie Drinkwater, guitarist Alex Sprogis, bass and keys player Nic Smith and drummer Ed Kelland – played their first show, to a smattering of friends in what they describe as an “industrial freezer” in the warehouse district of Hackney Wick. “It was like the pub in Peep Show with a washing machine just in the middle…” Charlie laughs, remembering how they dodged Star Wars memorabilia and deep fat fryers while making their first statement as a band.

Unsurprisingly, there isn’t a precedent for launching a band during a global pandemic, but among the general sense of anxiety and unease pervading everything at the moment, TV Priest’s entrance in April with the release of debut single House Of York - a searing examination of the Monarchy set over wiry post-punk and fronted by a Mark E. Smith-like mouthpiece - served as a breath of fresh air among the chaos, its anger and confusion making some kind of twisted sense to the nation’s fried brains.

It’s the same continued global sense of anxiety that will greet the release of Uppers, and it’s an album that has a lot to say right now. Taking musical cues from post-punk stalwarts The Fall and Protomartyr as well as the mechanical, pulsating grooves of krautrock, it’s a record that moves with an untamed energy. Over the top of this rumbling musical machine is vocalist Charlie, a cuttingly funny, angry, confused, real frontman. Uppers sees TV Priest explicitly and outwardly trying to avoid narrowmindedness. Uppers sees TV Priest taking musical and personal risks, reaching outside of themselves and trying to make sense of this increasingly messy world. It's a band and a record that couldn’t arrive at a more perfect time.

Uppers

Music GB

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