{"id":21115,"date":"2023-02-03T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-03T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=21115"},"modified":"2023-02-02T19:27:37","modified_gmt":"2023-02-02T19:27:37","slug":"the-hip-priests-are-chasing-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=21115","title":{"rendered":"The Hip Priests are chasing death"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u2018Chasing Death\u2019 from their forthcoming album&nbsp;\u2018Roden House Blues\u2019 \u2013 which will be released May 5<sup>th<\/sup>, 2023, via The Sign Records.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The song is, say the band \u201c<em>about self-destruction and self-sabotage. A story stuffed with vice and excess. A tale about one person\u2019s journey, after buying a one-way ticket on the train wreck to end all train wrecks. The age-old colourful topics of sex, drugs and rock n roll.\u00a0Is it autobiographical? Is it celebration or commiseration? Hero or Rock N Roll failure? Chasing death or embracing life?\u00a0Crank it loud and make your own mind up.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Hip Priests - Chasing Death\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IBP_fBqCkm8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Since their inception in 2006, <strong>The Hip Priests<\/strong> have released a mighty thirty 7\u201d singles, four albums, two compilations and three EPs by various independent labels from all over Europe &amp; the USA. Fiercely independent and tirelessly driven, the \u2018Priests have preached their high energy sermon of misanthropy, hate and contempt across numerous tours of the UK, Europe and USA and made countless rapturously received festival appearances.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Hip-Priests-Lo-Res-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"716\" src=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Hip-Priests-Lo-Res-1-1024x716.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21116\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Hip-Priests-Lo-Res-1-1024x716.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Hip-Priests-Lo-Res-1-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Hip-Priests-Lo-Res-1-768x537.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Hip-Priests-Lo-Res-1-1536x1074.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Hip-Priests-Lo-Res-1-1140x797.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Hip-Priests-Lo-Res-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>picture credit is Ralph Barklam<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gaining a richly deserved reputation as a white-hot live band, the last few years have seen the band\u2019s popularity increasing further with them regularly playing alongside kindred spirits such as The Hellacopters, Gluecifer, The Good the Bad and the Zugly, New Bomb Turks, Dwarves and Zeke at both festivals and in clubs. Rave reviews pour in for every release, ranging from \u2018a band on top of their game &amp; steps ahead of any of their UK contemporaries\u2019 to \u2018if you\u2019re in any doubt about how good these bad boys are then you need locking up\u2019. After 16 years some bands would be taking it easy but in spite of a global pandemic, there was no let-up in their determination and activity. Their fifth, and by far their best full-length album &#8211; \u2018Roden House Blues\u2019 &#8211; was written, rehearsed, and recorded during this period and will be released May 5<sup>th<\/sup>, 2023, via The Sign Records.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, The Hip Priests blast out a second offering ahead of the album\u2019s release with new single \u2018Chasing Death\u2019, a song that is, say the band \u201c<em>about self-destruction and self-sabotage. A story stuffed with vice and excess. A tale about one person\u2019s journey, after buying a one-way ticket on the train wreck to end all train wrecks. The age-old colourful topics of sex, drugs and rock n roll.&nbsp;Is it autobiographical? Is it celebration or commiseration? Hero or Rock N Roll failure? Chasing death or embracing life?&nbsp;Crank it loud and make your own mind up.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Hip Priests. Zero fucks n\u2019 less success since 2006. The most prolific band you haven\u2019t heard of. High energy sweaty sermons of misanthropy, disillusion (self) loathing and despair. Get ready to have your ears torn clean off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>FIND THE HIP PRIESTS ONLINE AT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehippriests.com\">WEBSITE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thehippriests\/\">FACEBOOK<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thehippriests1.bandcamp.com\/merch\">BANDCAMP<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thehippriests?lang=en\">TWITTER<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thehippriests\/?hl=en\">INSTAGRAM<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>CATCH THE HIP PRIESTS LIVE AT THE FOLLOWING DATES:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>February<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Monday 27th Dragonfly Rock Cafe, Almeria<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tuesday 28th Sala Plant Baja, Granada<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>March<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wednesday 1st Fun House, Madrid<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thursday 2nd Salason, Cangas De Morazzo<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Saturday 4th Hell Dorado, Vitoria<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sunday 5th El Sotana Rock Pub, Teruel<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(With The Dangerfields)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wednesday 22nd Bennigans, Derry<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thursday 23rd \u00c1ras Na Ngael, Galway<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Friday 24th Fred Zeppelin\u2019s, Cork<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Saturday 25th Venue Tbc, Limerick<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sunday 26th Wild Duck, Dublin<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(With Lucifer Star Machine)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>April<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thursday 27th Sonic Ballroom, Cologne<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Friday 28th Freakshow, Essen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Saturday 29th Zollkantine, Bremen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sunday 30th Indra Musikclub, Hamburg<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UK (With Bitch Queens)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>May<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thursday 25th The Pipeline, Brighton<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Friday 26th Hope And Anchor, London<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Saturday 27th Nice And Sleazy, Morecambe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018Chasing Death\u2019 from their forthcoming album&nbsp;\u2018Roden House Blues\u2019 \u2013 which will be released May 5th, 2023, via The Sign Records. The song is, say the band \u201cabout self-destruction and self-sabotage. A story stuffed with vice and excess. A tale about one person\u2019s journey, after buying a one-way ticket on the train wreck to end all [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21117,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[1787,1818,1710,1681,622,1833,2052],"class_list":["post-21115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-its-a-revolution","tag-new-album","tag-rpm-online","tag-rpmnews1","tag-the-hip-priests","tag-tourlife","tag-vinyl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21115"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21115\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21118,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21115\/revisions\/21118"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/21117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}