The Satanic Satanist

VINYL FORMAT. For The Satanic Satanist, John Baldwin Gourley and his bandmates - Zachary Scott Carothers/bass, and Ryan Neighbors/keyboards, and the drummer for the album, Garrett Lunceford - flew to Boston's Camp Street Studios to work with Paul Q. Kolderie (the Pixies, Radiohead), with additional production help from Adam Taylor (The Lemonheads, The Dresdon Dolls) and Cornershop sitarist/keyboardist Anthony Saffery. "People Say," the lead-off track, finds Gourley speaking out against the human cost of war. On "Lovers in Love," the band works the groove like Isaac Hayes or Curtis Mayfield in their blaxploitation days, while "Work All Day" could pass for slowing down the beat to "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)." The Satanic Satanist also finds them working more with loops and samples than they have since their 2006 debut.