With zero fucks n’ less success since 2006, The Hip Priests are the most prolific band you haven’t heard of. High energy sweaty sermons of misanthropy, disillusion, (self) loathing and despair. After 16 years some bands would be taking it easy but in spite of a global pandemic, there was no let-up in The Hip Priests determination and activity. Their fifth full-length album, Roden House Blues, was written, rehearsed, and recorded during this period and will be released on the 5th May via The Sign Records. Roden House is one of Nottingham’s former lace factories where the Priests have their own space, and which spawned the album title. This is no Mississippi Blues but perhaps it makes more sense than you think: Howling laments, loss, self-reflection and revelation, alongside some recurring P...
