Priests - The Seduction Of KansasWhat is at stake in the seduction of Kansas? Like a gavel or hammer, the question rattles across the second LP from Washington, D. C. rock iconoclasts Priests: Entering their eighth year as a band, Priestsdrummer Daniele Daniele, vocalist Katie Alice Greer, and guitarist G. L. Jaguarremain an inspired anomaly in modern music. A band on its own labeljolting the greater music world with early releases by Downtown Boys, Snail Mail, Sneaks, and Gauchethey

The lone exception

simply called Amon Duul

and Air Studios between October 1996 and May 1997

not even Axelrod himself

Rolling Stones)

“Sharp”

it featured prominently in end-of-year round-ups and pipped Anna Calvi and Blood Orange to win Best 'Difficult' Second Album at the AIM Independent Music Awards 2014

and shortly after wrote the eponymous tune

The Flexibles depict a realm where fantasy and reality are inexplicably fused together‰Û_ Sorley‰۪s lyrical flourishes touch on the stream-of-conciousness imagery that seems to be swimming in the Youngs genepool

After The Goldrush (1970) and Harvest (1972)

it never has to stop

Drunk promises to be one of 2017's very greatest