Priestgate have today announced their second EP One Shade Darker for release on 3rd March. The EP’s newest single “White Shirt” – an anthemic homage to their hometown of Driffield – arrives today. Priestgate kick off 2023 with a Dork Hype List accolade under their belts (“The best new live band on the planet”), following an NME 100 nod in 2022, and will headline the Dork Hype List tour next month, which includes a show at Colours in Hoxton. Full live dates and tickets available NOW.
Speaking about “White Shirt” vocalist Rob Schofield explains: “It’s about Driffield – whether it be missing it, loving it or hating it… it’s about home. Where we’re from doesn’t really have a creative community, there’s some good joiners – just no bands. It’s about seeing the same old stuff growing up, I’d never really left the place all that much before the band started. I had it in my head that I’d end up making coffins with my dad.”
Commenting on the forthcoming EP One Shade Darker, Rob adds: “It’s our attempt at pushing the sound to another place, but we never sit down and say “let’s make this sound like X artist or Y artist” – we write each song then see if they all work together afterwards. It’s just how we are as a band; we’ve always found ourselves wanting to see what will happen next. It’ll always sound like us to a certain degree, maybe just with a different haircut if you will.”
