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Priestbird is a new group comprised of the former members of the instrumental prog trio
Tarantula A.D. Following a vicious break-up, the three members of Tarantula A.D. parted
ways and set out on their own, individual paths. One member left for Argentina to join a
tango band, another became a semi-professional Soccer player in Italy, and the last
retreated to the Himalayas to seek refuge in Shiva. After a year, the three members
reconvened in New York City. In the midst of a brawl, typical of their past, they picked up
the instruments in the room and began to play. What they played ...read more
Priestbird is a new group comprised of the former members of the instrumental prog trio
Tarantula A.D. Following a vicious break-up, the three members of Tarantula A.D. parted
ways and set out on their own, individual paths. One member left for Argentina to join a
tango band, another became a semi-professional Soccer player in Italy, and the last
retreated to the Himalayas to seek refuge in Shiva. After a year, the three members
reconvened in New York City. In the midst of a brawl, typical of their past, they picked up
the instruments in the room and began to play. What they played was not what they had
known of each other in the past. It was something new. So inspired by what they heard and
felt, they decided to work together again – but this time with a new sound, a new direction,
and a new name.
They now call themselves Priestbird. The name makes reference to a character in one of their
songs that looks after the bird spirits on the afterlife. It was as if a steady fog had finally
lifted. They realized that Priestbird was their true name all along. With this new beacon of
light they developed a new sound that is doused in creativity yet makes reference to the
familiar. It harbors a lyricism and visual quality that characterizes the artists’ former work in
Tarantula A.D. yet is more approachable. They explore a psychedelic and pastoral realm
reminiscent of early Syd Barret Pink Floyd, offset by a hard-hitting bombast evocative of Led
Zeppelin.
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