| "The Seduction of Kansas" | ||||
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| Single by Priests | ||||
| from the album The Seduction of Kansas | ||||
| Released | January 9, 2019 | |||
| Recorded | October–November 2018 | |||
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| Length | 3:36 | |||
| Label | Sister Polygon | |||
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| Producer(s) | John Congleton | |||
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| Music video | ||||
| "The Seduction of Kansas" on YouTube | ||||
"The Seduction of Kansas" is a song by the American punk rock band Priests. It is the title track from their second studio album, The Seduction of Kansas , and was released as a single on January 19, 2019.
The song is the self-titled lead single for their second studio album, and was released on January 9, 2019, nearly two years after their debut album, Nothing Feels Natural .
In an interview with Stereogum the band bickered about naming the title of the song. The lead singer Katie Alice Greer, when describing whether the song or title came first, said: "we didn't decide on the album until the 11th hour, when it was like, 'You guys have to pick a fucking title.' We were going through so many options". Other potential options for the song title included "All Hat, No Cattle" and "Horny For War, Horny For Sadness". [2]
Lead singer, Katie Alice Greer, directed the music video, which was released with the single on January 9, 2019. [3] [4] Marissa Lorusso, writing for NPR praised the music video saying it's a reminder of what makes the band's sharp, cerebral music so exciting". [4]
Writing for Consequence of Sound , Randall Coburn called the track "shinier and more synth-driven than much of their earlier work, but maintains an anxious undercurrent that pairs well with vocalist Katie Alice Greer's boundless energy and vibrant lyricism ('Bloodthirsty cherub choir/ from the cornfields you sing to me')." [5]
Quinn Moreland in an interview with the band, and writing for Pitchfork , described the track as "a side of Priests that is frequently overshadowed by all the 'political punk' branding". Moreland described the song as more "pop sheen" to its sound. [6]