{"id":35423,"date":"2021-01-10T12:15:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-10T17:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=35423"},"modified":"2023-04-06T23:10:36","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T03:10:36","slug":"tv-priest-share-video-to-new-track-press-gang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=35423","title":{"rendered":"TV Priest share video to new track \u2018Press Gang\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TV Priest&nbsp;will release&nbsp;\u2018Uppers,\u2019 their full-length debut on CD\/LP\/CS\/DSPs worldwide&nbsp;on February 5th, 2021&nbsp;via Sub Pop. Now, they\u2019ve&nbsp;shared the new single and official video for <em>Press Gang<\/em> helmed by returning director&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/prescriptionpr.cmail19.com\/t\/j-l-adthtkd-ejlihlkhu-j\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Joe Wheatley<\/a>.<br><br><em>Press Gang<\/em> is inspired by Charlie\u2019s grandfather\u2019s life\u2019s work as a photojournalist and war correspondent on&nbsp;Fleet Street from the 1950s to the early 1980s. The song is about the shifting role in the dissemination of information and ideas, and how the prevailing narrative that the \u201cDeath of Print Media\u201d has contributed to a \u201cpost-truth\u201d world. Watch the <em>Press Gang<\/em> video via YouTube below.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XMT9f_apQU4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Late last year, TV Priest announced their signing to Sub Pop &#8211; after only one live show as a band &#8211;&nbsp;with the release of <em>Decoration<\/em>, the beating heart of&nbsp;\u2018Uppers\u2019.<br>&nbsp;<br><em>The FADER<\/em>&nbsp;says of the <em>Decoration<\/em> video, \u201c<em>Gnarly British post-punk band TV Priest blows a breeze through life&#8217;s trinkets and accoutrements on Decoration, the beating heart of their forthcoming Sub Pop debut&nbsp;\u2018Uppers\u2019. Among the items frontman Charlie Drinkwater rails against over a jagged groove are feature walls, smashed avocado, junk food, and &#8220;the TV adaptation of the latest book craze (see&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/prescriptionpr.cmail19.com\/t\/j-l-adthtkd-ejlihlkhu-i\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">premiere October 28th<\/a>).\u201d<\/em><br><br>The band have been championed by 6 Music, with playlisting for <em>Runner Up <\/em>and in the US <em>Decoration<\/em>&nbsp;spent two weeks at #1 on the commercial alternative specialty charts with airplay from the likes of&nbsp;Sirius XMU,&nbsp;The Current, 91X,&nbsp;KEXP&nbsp;(+ \u201dSong of the Day\u201d),&nbsp;KROX,&nbsp;Indie 102.3,&nbsp;WEQX,&nbsp; WPYA,&nbsp;KFRR,&nbsp;KJEE,&nbsp;KRXP,&nbsp;KRCL, and more.<br>&nbsp;<br><em>Decoration<\/em> and&nbsp;pre-release singles lifted from \u2018Uppers\u2019 <em>This Island<\/em> and <em><a href=\"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/tv-priest-announce-new-slideshow-single-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Slideshow<\/a><\/em> along with standalone tracks <em>House of York<\/em> and <em>Runner Up<\/em>, won the band raves from the likes of&nbsp;NME, The FADER, Brooklyn Vegan, PASTE,&nbsp;DORK,&nbsp;The Line of Best Fit, Beats Per Minute, So Young,&nbsp;and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i3.cmail19.com\/ei\/j\/A8\/EE4\/B92\/004531\/csfinal\/tv-priest-uppers-album-art-3000-9900000b6d03cf3c.jpg\" alt=\"TV Priest Uppers cover artwork\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u2018Uppers\u2019 track listing<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1. The Big Curve<br>2.&nbsp;Press Gang<br>3. Leg Room<br>4. Journal of a Plague Year<br>5. History Week<br>6.&nbsp;Decoration<br>7.&nbsp;Slideshow<br>8. Fathers and Sons<br>9. the ref<br>10. Powers of Ten<br>11.&nbsp;This Island<br>12. Saintless<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2018Uppers\u2019 is now available to preorder\u00a0in the U.K.\u00a0and Europe through select independent retailers.<br><br>The band have rescheduled February&#8217;s first London headliner and only the band&#8217;s second ever show &#8211; socially distanced at Oslo &#8211; for\u00a0April 10th.\u00a0The show was already sold out but the band will perform two shows across the evening, with the second now announced for\u00a06pm. Details and tickets available here:<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/prescriptionpr.cmail19.com\/t\/j-l-adthtkd-ejlihlkhu-h\/\">https:\/\/www.alttickets.com\/tv-priest-tickets<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>TV Priest&nbsp;will release&nbsp;\u2018Uppers,\u2019 their full-length debut on CD\/LP\/CS\/DSPs worldwide&nbsp;on February 5th, 2021&nbsp;via Sub Pop. Now, they\u2019ve&nbsp;shared the new single and official video for Press Gang <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=35423\" title=\"TV Priest share video to new track \u2018Press Gang\u2019\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35424,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[22,23,28,29],"tags":[9681,9511,9513],"class_list":["post-35423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guitar-rock","category-indie","category-music","category-music-video","tag-press-gang","tag-tv-priest","tag-uppers"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/37BCC717-F124-4732-94D3-E8F0AFF5D701.jpeg?fit=900%2C607&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-9dl","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":35831,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=35831","url_meta":{"origin":35423,"position":0},"title":"TV Priest announce new UK dates for Autumn 2021 tour","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"March 9, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"A Sub Pop signing, one gig in a disused\u00a0industrial\u00a0freezer, and a debut album later,\u00a0TV Priest\u00a0will tour the UK this autumn, announcing new dates and rescheduling their Spring shows. 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