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257:. The album marks a strong break from the post-punk of Priests. One reviewer summarizes the album as "caught between reality and nightmare, balancing dissonant soundscapes against an eerie, self-possessed sense of calm" and concludes "Falling into her world, it’s hard not to be possessed in return". Another reviewer describes it as "a wonderfully singular vision full of conviction, vulnerability, fear, fascination, and rage. The songs themselves feel like collages, layers of sound chopped up and glued together in ambiguous shapes." Rolling Stone writes "It’s trippy, radical, weirdly life-affirming music, like nothing else Greer has ever made." 31: 753: 253:, a full length album which she wrote, performed, produced and mixed herself, noting that "Recording, for me, is like an instrument, and definitely the one I’m most proficient in". The album title alludes to "socialism or barbarism", a phrase used by 283:
As an artist, she has "cultivated a reputation as a dynamic performer and an astute conveyor of both abstract and didactic cultural critiques". The latter includes spoken and written commentaries, including essays and talks for
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Greer has been releasing solo material since 2015, under her acronym KAG. Contrasting with Priests, her solo material has been described as more lo-fi art pop. In 2018 she released a full cover of Dixie Chicks 1999 album
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When Priests broke up in 2019, she moved to Los Angeles, just before the pandemic outbreak. During the pandemic she released a series of EPs but also began work on her first full solo album.
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together with Daniele Daniele (drums), G.L. Jaguar (guitar) and Taylor Mulitz (bass), with herself on vocals. Their 2017 full length debut
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as a vocalist on his project Chain & the Gang. Results from the collaboration were the two albums
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made several of that year’s best album release lists. In 2019 Priests went on an indefinite hiatus.
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Discussing the many sources of inspiration for the album Greer mentions not only musicians such as
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Also in 2012, she and the other members of Priests founded the record label
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Katie Alice Greer/Priests at SXSW 2019.
Michigan
Post-punk
Art-pop
Sister Polygon
FourFour
katiealicegreer.com
New Baltimore, Michigan
American University
Priests
Nothing Feels Natural
Sister Polygon Records
Ian Svenonius
Fly
Rosa Luxemburg
Erykah Badu
Karuna Khyal
Alex Prager
Hito Steyerl
Julian Rosenfeldt
NPR
Future Of Music Policy Summit
"Wanted/Needed/Loved: Katie Alice Greer's Found Magazine"
"Even After Its 10th Release, D.C. Punk Label Sister Polygon Is Still Stoked | Bandwidth"


"Katie Alice Greer: it feels eerie to feel good"
"Priests' Katie Alice Greer Releases Dixie Chicks Cover Album"
"Review: Katie Alice Greer – Barbarism - SLUG Magazine"
"5 Questions: Katie Alice Greer"

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