Brooklyn’s Priestess Become Reverend Mother; New EP This Month
First things first. For you older heads like myself, you should note that this Priestess is (was) not the same band who released Prior to the Fire in 2009. That band was from Montreal, but it only seemed like they were from Brooklyn because they drove down like every other weekend to play shows with Early Man. They were quite a to-do for a bit there. They don’t seem to have done much for the better part of the last decade, but so it goes.
This Priestess — now Reverend Mother — actually are from Brooklyn, at least as much as anyone is, which is more than me, and they seem to have been through a couple different monikers en route to this one, including Menjuje. All part of a band becoming a band, like playing shows — which they’ve been doing — and putting out releases, which they’re looking to do starting with a self-titled EP this month. When, where, how? I don’t know, but follow them on Bandcamp and then you’ll never need me again anyway. Obsolete AF, this site is.
The PR wire has it like this:
Brooklyn trio Priestess is now Reverend Mother
New EP coming in March, full length out later this year
Brooklyn, NY trio Priestess, a favorite live act in the local scene, today announce their official name change to Reverend Mother. The band has shared the announcement along with a short, eerie video shot on Super 8 film that features some of the band’s upcoming EP. Watch and share HERE.
Brooklyn three-piece Priestess has reincarnated as Reverend Mother, due to put out their first S/T EP under the new moniker in Spring 2021. They are still led by songwriter and Black Sabbath enthusiast Jackie Green, who cut her teeth as a guitarist in local bands like Evil Daughter.
Despite the name change, the band remains steadfast in their devotion to doom metal and psychedelic rock, with the EP offering up the same looming riffs, skuzzy reverbs, and haunting vocals Green has studied and refined to make her own.
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