Five Dollar Priest – Self-Titled
I’m squeezing in an update today before some post-season baseball gets started. I can’t be missing any of that.
Today I bring you what I assume is the debut from the NYC based Five Dollar Priest out on Bang! Records. I think one of the easiest ways to give an idea as to what this band/album sounds like is to just let everyone know who makes up this group because it’s quite a collective of musicians and guests. You’ll either know if you want to proceed or not after reading it. This is the way the label approached it, so I see no reason to divert from that. Anyway, Five Dollar Priest is Ron Ward (Speedball Baby) on vocals/harp/percussion, Norman Westberg (Swans, Sulfur, Heroine Sheiks) on guitar, George Porfiris (Heroine Sheiks) on bass, Patrick Holmes on clarinet, and Bob Bert (Sonic Youth, Chrome Cranks, Knoxville Girls, Pussy Galore, Bewitched) on drums. So yeah, expect plenty of bluesy garage rock smashed together with a hint of early NYC no-wave and you kinda sorta got an idea. No matter what it may be, this record is pretty excellent if this is your cup of tea. The right amount of noise, the uneasy vocals from Ward, and a clarinet thrown in for good measure. Sign me up. And like I previously mentioned it features a number of guests also, like Jon Spencer, Cristina Martinez, Matt Verta-Ray, and James Chance all adding to this delicious mess. Check out the tune below for more.
Five Dollar Priest – Fingered [MP3]
For those interested in picking up the self-titled album from Five Dollar Priest, then head on over to Bang! Records to do so. Well worth it.
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