Holy Popes - 'Jerry'
Bristol’s post-garage punk trio Holy Popes punch you beautifully in the face with their new single ‘Jerry’.
With raw vocals to draw you and a thundering combo with the bass and drums - they work together to bring you something post-punk but with a rock’n’roll after tone. Feisty at it’s best moment and subtle at it’s most delicate. The track is the second to be taken from the forthcoming self-titled album, following on from visceral early singles ‘DBT’ and ‘Pencils’ which showcased the band’s twitching, erratic take on post-garage punk for the first time and picked up a swathe of support from underground alternative tastemakers.
Reflecting on the prevalence of misinformation and its ability to corrupt and distort reality for those who fail to think critically, the track is the latest to be taken from the band’s debut self-titled album HOLY POPES which will be released on 27th January 2023 via Hull-based independent label Man Demolish Records (NEWMEDS).
Commenting on the track, guitarist Dominic Knight (ex-The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster) says: “Jerry is a person we may or may not know. Someone who was swayed by misinformation, who didn't know the consequences or particularly think about them. Jerry meant well, but maybe without an idea of who for. Politics has been deeply polarised and the right have gained a foothold not seen across the world for many many years. So many people get caught up in the lies and misinformation coercively spread by propaganda; perfectly kind, decent folks are accidentally becoming bigots.”
“I like to hold the idea in my heart that we are all compassionate beings, and that it’s our duty to show empathy and kindness to those we may agree with the least. I once had a conversation with a guy in the pub about Brexit, and we disagreed in a big way, but he was a thoughtful, loving man who just didn't understand the wider implications of his vote, and I didn't want to hold anything against him. The language around migration, around control, around human rights, it all comes from a place of hatred and othering. We have the space, we have the land, we have the houses and we have the wealth...it is just distributed in the wrong way, by the wrong people.”
