Track: TV Priest – It Was Beautiful


Hollie Fernando

TV Priest have shared thier new single ‘It Was Beautiful’, taken from the forthcoming album ‘My Other People’ due 17th June via Sub Pop Records. 

Vocalist Charlie Drinkwater says of the single,

“‘It Was Beautiful’ is a love song about the past, present, and future. A reminder that love is the most essential thing. The words came fast; it was recorded in a single emotive session, the first song we wrote together after my family had gone through a difficult experience and I think you can hear that in the kind of melancholy euphoria that plays out as the song progresses. In some ways it’s a coda to the whole album; a reminder to guard your hope fiercely.”

The dizzying single-shot performance visual was directed, produced, and filmed by the band in East London.

The thud of bass and the crackles of guitar introduces the track along with Drinkwater’s hypnotic baritone. A musical concoction continues with an experimental feel, especially from the guitar that dances over the continuous rumble from the bass and drums. A powerful performance from the band on this emotionally charged track.

Check it out, here

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TV Priest’s international touring in support of ‘My Other People’ resumes Friday, June 5th in Brittany, France at Art Rock Festival and now runs through Saturday, November 26th in Cologne, Germany at Artheater.

This announcement now includes new shows in the UK (Latitude Festival, Jul. 24th), Italy (Sienna’s TV Spenta Festival, Jul. 24th), Netherlands (Nijmegen, Oct. 24th; Groningen, Oct. 25th; Rotterdam, Oct. 26th; London Calling in Amsterdam, Nov. 26th), France (Paris, Nov. 15th; Le Havre, Nov. 16th; Nantes, Nov. 18th; Lille, Nov. 19th) with additional dates in Belgium (Nov. 20th), Switzerland (Zurich, Nov. 22nd), Germany (Berlin, Nov. 24th). 

For up to date information on tickets, please visit TV Priest.com.

June

  • Fri. Jun. 05 – Brittany, FR – Art Rock Festival
  • Sat. Jun. 06 – Tours, FR – Aucard De Tours
  • Fri. Jun. 17 – London, UK – Rough Trade East
  • Mon. Jun. 20 – Brighton, UK – Resident*
  • Tue. Jun. 21 – Southsea Portsmouth, UK – Pie & Vinyl*
  • Wed. Jun. 22 – Totnes, UK – Drift*
  • Thu. Jun. 23 – Leeds, UK – The Vinyl Whistle*

July

  • Sun. Jul. 03 – Hyeres, FR – Pointu Festival
  • Fri. Jul. 22 – Suffolk, UK – Latitude Festival
  • Sun. Jul. 24 – Sienna, IT – TVSpenta Festival
  • Tue. Jul.26 – Brooklyn, NY – Union Pool
  • Wed. Jul. 27 – Philadelphia, PA – PhilaMOCA
  • Fri. Jul. 29 – Montréal, QC – Bar le Ritz PDB
  • Sat. Jul. 30 – Toronto, ON – Monarch Tavern
  • Sun. Jul. 31 – Chicago, IL – Beat Kitchen

August

  • Thu. Aug. 04 – Happy Valley, OR – Pickathon
  • Fri. Aug. 05 – Happy Valley, OR – Pickathon
  • Sat. Aug. 06 – Vancouver, BC – Fox Cabaret
  • Sun. Aug. 07 – Seattle, WA – Clock-Out Lounge

September

  • Fri. Sep. 03 – Salisbury, UK – End of the Road Festival
  • Fri. Sep. 09 – Heusden, NL – Misty Fields Festival
  • Sat. Sep. 17 – Leicester, UK – Wide Eyed Festival

October

  • Mon. Oct. 24 – Nijmegen, NL – Merleyn
  • Tue. Oct. 25 – Groningen, NL – Vera
  • Tue. Oct. 26 – Rotterdam, NL – Rotown
  • Fri. Oct. 28 – Amsterdam, NL – London Calling Festival
  • Sun. Oct. 30 – Bristol, UK – The Louisiana
  • Mon. Oct. 31 – Birmingham, UK – Hare & Hounds

November

  • Tue. Nov. 01 – Dublin, IE – The Workman’s Cellar
  • Thu. Nov. 03 – Manchester, UK – Yes (Pink Room)
  • Fri. Nov. 04 – Glasgow, UK – Broadcast
  • Sat. Nov. 05 – Leeds, UK – Belgrave Music Hall
  • Mon. Nov. 07 – Cambridge, UK  – Portland Arms
  • Tue. Nov. 08 – Leicester, UK – Firebug Bar
  • Thu. Nov. 10 – London, UK – Scala
  • Fri. Nov. 11 – Reading, UK -The Face Bar
  • Sat. Nov. 12 – Southampton, UK – The Joiners
  • Sun. Nov. 13 – Brighton, UK – Green Door Store
  • Tue. Nov. 15 – Paris, FR – TBC
  • Wed. Nov. 16 – Le Havre, FR – Le Tetris
  • Fri. Nov. 18 – Nantes, FR – Stereolux
  • Sat. Nov. 19 – Lille, FR – L’Aeronef 
  • Sun. Nov. 20 – Brussels, BE – Botanique
  • Tue. Nov. 22 – Zurich, CH – Bogen F
  • Thu. Nov. 24 – Berlin, DE – Privatvclub
  • Fri. Nov. 25 – Cologne, DE – Artheater

* Stripped down performances

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