Crocodile Presents: TV Priest w/ Liily

The Crocodile Presents:TV PRIESTw/ Liily8/7$16 ADV / $18 DOS8:30pm Doors / 9:00pm Show21+ Without a brutal evaluation of their own becoming, TV Priest might have never made their secondalbum. Heralded as the next big thing in post-punk, they were established as a bolshy, sharp-wittedoutfit, the kind that starts movements with their politicalire. There was of course truth in that, but itwas a suit that quickly felt heavy on its wearers shoulders, leaving little room for true vulnerability. Having made music together since their teenage years, the London four-piece piqued press attention inlate 2019 with their first gig as a newly solidified group, a raucous outing in the warehouse district of Hackney Wick. Debut single House of York followed with a blistering critique of monarchist patriotism,and they were signed to Sub Pop for their debut album. When Uppers arrived in the height of a globalpandemic, it reaped praise from critics and fans alike for its dystopian doublespeak, but the bandDrinkwater, guitarist Alex Sprogis, producer, bass and keys player Nic Bueth and drummer Ed Kellandwere sat at home like the rest of us, drinking cups of tea and marking time via government-sanctioneddaily exercise. As such, the personal and professional landmark of its release felt both colossal andminuscule dampened by the inability to share it live. It was a real gratification and really cathartic, buton the other hand, it was really strange, and not great for my mental health admits Drinkwater. I wasnt prepared, and I hadnt necessarily expected it to reach as many people as it did. It sounds a bitnave, but it was all very quick. It felt kind of divorced from reality.http://tvpriest.bandcamp.comLiily are four Los Angeles musicians – Dylan Nash, Sam De La Torre, Charlie Anastasis s major rock playlists. But then, as quickly as they appeared, they seemed to vanish. Almost two years later, and now all of 22 years old, the band returned with their debut album TV or Not TV in October. It is a highly aggressive record, even more so than their early work. But here they jump from moment to moment and genre to genre, creating an experimental and original set of songs, all more strange and abrasive but also far more three dimensional than anything the band has done before. It still contains the unbridled energy of those early shows and singles but feels stripped of anything passive or unintentional. I think thematically its very different, says singer Dylan Nash. I think the intensity of it is very different. I think we had the same intention though which is to completely obliterate peoples ear drums – thats what it still has in common.http://liilytheband.com