m iafrate (& the priesthood)

Get my Xmas records and donate to the Catholic Peace Fellowship

Tue, 18 Dec 2012 16:35:50 +0000

From now until Epiphany, pay what you want for any or all of my three Xmas releases, and all of the proceeds will go to the Catholic Peace Fellowship.

From their website: “The purpose of the CPF is to support Catholic conscientious objectors through education, counseling, and advocacy. Guided by a personalist philosophy, the CPF seeks to resist war by helping those who choose not to participate in it, one person at a time.”

If you’re not really into Catholicism, even of the lefty variety, but are into peacemaking, you might still be into this considering well over half of the members of the U.S. military are Roman Catholic. You can still take the records for free too, and you can still also not listen to them at all.

GET THEM HERE:

THE FRIENDLY BEASTS | THE REBEL JESUS | HAPPY XMAS, X IS HERE

“The Friendly Beasts” Xmas Single

Sun, 16 Dec 2012 17:04:34 +0000

Friends,

While beginning work on my new full length Nonsubstantiation, I thought of you, and I thought of this season, and I thought maybe you could use a gift. What do you give someone who already has a bunch of Iafrate Xmas musics? More Iafrate Xmas musics. Here for you is a digital two-song single tho in the style of the old physical two-sided singles. The first track is “The Friendly Beasts,” a version to add to a long legacy of versions such like The Louvin Brothers, Johnny Cash, and The Sufjan. The second track is an instrumental version of the hymn “Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence” with interesting instruments. The songs were recorded this past week by David Klug. Aaron Crothers (Good Sport, The Emergency) played the bass guitar. And Karri Roberts provided the beautiful peacock painting for the cover. The single is free to download and it is available here. Enjoy it. A bunch of original songs from the same session are on the way.

Nonsubstantiation

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 18:01:01 +0000

Hello friends. In addition to the continued work The Priesthood is doing for a new record called Christian Burial, I’ll be going into the studio next week to begin recording another new album of stripped down acoustic songs which will be called Nonsubstantiation. It is quite possible that the latter will come out before the former, but ideally they will be released at or around the same point in history. More details at another time, though.

June 30 – Marietta, OH

Tue, 07 Jun 2011 03:39:05 +0000

Thurs. June 30, 2011
MARIETTA, OH @ The Adelphia Music Hall
w/ Joseph Hale, Mike Lutz & The Assistance

And here is the Facebook event page.

We continue working on the new M Iafrate & The Priesthood full-length.

two shows this weekend

Mon, 28 Mar 2011 17:42:06 +0000

Thurs., March 31, 2011 – MARIETTA, OH @ The Adelphia Music Hall – SOLO SET w/ MIKE LUTZ & THE ASSISTANCE

Sun., April 3, 2011 – MORGANTOWN, WV @ The Blue Moose – SOLO SET w/ BR’ER, SCALLION, and MONSTER MARIACHI

Interview with WV Rock Scene

Wed, 09 Mar 2011 05:04:19 +0000

WV Rock Scene asked me a few questions about the new EP, the upcoming M Iafrate & The Priesthood record, and various other things. Check out the interview here.

New digital EP out now!

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 07:10:57 +0000

Around 11 am on March 2, 2011, I started recording a 5-song EP at Dave Klug’s studio in Pittsburgh, PA. Less than 24 hours later, the EP is mixed, mastered, and released. (Beat that, Radiohead.) No Matter How Deep The Darkness, He Descends Deeper Still is available as a pay-what-you-want digital download here. The EP features alternate acoustic versions of two songs from the forthcoming M Iafrate & The Priesthood album Christian Burial (“Horse Birth” and “God O God”) as well as three covers: “Take My Will” by Jandek, “Stick In The Mud” by The Jayhawks, and the popular Catholic hymn “I Am The Bread Of Life.” Enjoy!

Solo show Feb 26 in Morgantown, WV

Tue, 08 Feb 2011 22:47:10 +0000

February 26, 2011 – MORGANTOWN, WV @ The Blue Moose – SOLO SET w/ DAVID BELLO, CALVIN SMITH, and THE DREADFUL HOROSCOPE

M Iafrate & The Priesthood demos new record

Tue, 08 Feb 2011 07:13:35 +0000

M Iafrate & The Priesthood gathered in Wheeling, WV this past weekend to record demo versions of songs from our forthcoming record. We found inspiration in IPAs, Silver Chopsticks, and Neil Young’s live in Berlin 1982 DVD, the latter of which was viewed almost three times over the course of the weekend. Dallas made pancakes. We will begin recording the real thing, tentatively titled Christian Burial, in late winter and spring of 2011. The record will feature some exciting guests, TBA.

“No Home”

Thu, 13 Jan 2011 07:59:16 +0000

when she turned one, we were free of deceit. when she turned two, you shook the dust from your feet. i need an advocate, a worldly paraclete. see, you take from my hands when you call call call. when half is gone, the other’s all alone. it’s a daily taste of what you steal, but only say the word and i shall be healed. i made a break at your request and now every day is a day of rest. but i can’t decide which i like best. when night falls i wait for the call but it don’t make no home. what you steal, what you stole is home. see, you take from my hands when you call call call. when half is gone, the other’s all alone. it’s a daily taste of what you steal, but only say the word and i shall be healed.