{"id":21741,"date":"2023-04-24T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-24T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=21741"},"modified":"2023-04-20T07:32:41","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T07:32:41","slug":"the-hip-priests-roden-house-blues-the-sign-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=21741","title":{"rendered":"<strong>The Hip Priests &#8211; Roden House Blues (The Sign Records)<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-medium\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/a0147503004_10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/a0147503004_10-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21742\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/a0147503004_10-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/a0147503004_10-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/a0147503004_10-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/a0147503004_10-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/a0147503004_10-1140x1140.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/a0147503004_10-65x65.jpg 65w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/a0147503004_10.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>After 16 years of curb crawling around Europe\u2019s worst dive bars, The Hip Priests continue their stumble to world domination by unleashing \u201cRoden House Blues\u201d &#8211; album number six if you\u2019re counting on both hands \u2013 and it\u2019s a banger !!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The press release tells me \u201cRoden House Blues\u201d consists of 11 low-fat, lean and mean banging tunes, and is a must listen for any fan of high-octane garage punk&#8217;n&#8217;roll and it ain\u2019t wrong. After a few blasts of this 30-minute brain boiler, I\u2019m sold and let me tell you, it may just beat \u201cBlack Denim Blitz\u201d to the top of The Hip Priest pile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But I\u2019m getting ahead of myself, so let\u2019s take 11 steps back and I\u2019ll take you on a pleasure (booze) cruise through \u201cRoden House Blues\u201d, blow my mutha fuckin\u2019 blow\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTrojan Horseshit\u201d is first out of the traps in all its puntastic, blast beat glory and let me tell you it\u2019s a full on, no holds barred, fist pumping, head banging chokehold of filth and fury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next up, \u201cInaction Rocks\u201d takes us to more familiar Priests territory but it\u2019s not a safe place to be. Anger is still the order of the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instant classic \u201cShakin\u2019 ain\u2019t Fakin\u2019\u201ctakes up third spot, with a hook you could catch sharks on. The Priests in all their poptastic glory \u2013 I love it, you\u2019ll love it, and the world should love it too. Check out the video, share the link and give your friends (and enemies) a treat.<\/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 - Shakin&#039; Ain&#039;t Fakin&#039;\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4LRZepp9w78?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPissed on Power\u201d has the unenviable task of sitting between \u201cShakin\u2019\u2026.\u201d and the albums other stratospheric masterpiece \u201cCan\u2019t abide with me\u201d but here it stands middle finger in the air and what it lacks in sugar it makes up for in spite.<\/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 - Pissed on Power (P.O.P.)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oNwO5SFkN30?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>I seem the have already hyped the next tune, but lock down classic \u201cCan\u2019t abide with me\u201d deserves all the praise and more. Voted the albums most likely tune to get your toe tapping and brain thinking, check out the video and deliberate no further; pre-order the bastard now!!!<\/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 - CAN&#039;T ABIDE WITH ME\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lvWPY7Nrr7I?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>I must admit that \u201cChasing Death\u201d scrambled my head a little bit when I first heard it. Despite the slinky posh promo video, it took me until hearing it in context of \u201cRoden House Blues\u2019\u201d ten other tunes to get my blood pumping. Check out the video and question my sanity.<\/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>The funky \u201cspace invader\u201d intro to \u201cSell my Soul\u201d may throw your brain one way but I\u2019d have raised the bar even further and wrapped it up in a ton of brass. Cool tune in tough company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>\u201cJust to get by\u201d takes things in a slightly more Hellacopters direction, a nice break in the ferocity while keeping the bile level at maximum.<\/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 - Just To Get By\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jHQznz5PUY0?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>\u201cPersistence is Futile\u201d also lends from the book of \u2018copters but blends it into a perfect Priests cocktail. Certainly, one of my top tunes, with the breathing space to give the dynamic duo of Oz and Ben room to display their magic guitar wankery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Penultimate track \u201cTiger in my Tank\u201d is pure priests. Everything you want or will ever need in one place for two and a half minutes. Top tune!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So here we are at the end of the show and \u201cThe Best Revenge\u201d does what it says on the tin. An anti-manifesto, a middle finger salute, or whatever you want to call it \u2013 it\u2019s the polish on the turd, and great way to say thank you, fuck you and goodbye!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cRoden House Blues\u201d is unleashed on May the 5th so grab it on record, old school CD or via all child friendly streaming platforms, and as the press blurb politely advises \u201cPlay Loud or just don\u2019t fuckin\u2019 bother\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Buy the record <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/439ymp0\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/439ymp0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Author: Fraser Munro<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Find \u2018em here &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehippriests.com\/\">https:\/\/www.thehippriests.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Buy shit \u2018ere \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/thehippriests1.bandcamp.com\/merch\">https:\/\/thehippriests1.bandcamp.com\/merch<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Join the cult \u2018ere &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thehippriests\/\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thehippriests\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For fans of The Hellacopters, Gluecifer, The Good the Bad and the Zugly, New Bomb Turks, Dwarves and Zeke.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After 16 years of curb crawling around Europe\u2019s worst dive bars, The Hip Priests continue their stumble to world domination by unleashing \u201cRoden House Blues\u201d &#8211; album number six if you\u2019re counting on both hands \u2013 and it\u2019s a banger !!! 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