“Party doom” riff merchants GURT recently announced their return with their latest, crushing-ist opus yet, “Satan Etc”. Now they have shared new single ‘Appetite for Construction’, with the band commenting,
“It’s no secret that Gareth is a fan of a famous little building brick, and this song started life as an ode to his favourite hobby, what it ended up as was a twisted tale of an unknown evil, building its twisted world around an unsuspecting people, a legacy of pain!’”
A lot has happened in the band members’ lives since 2019 and the release of their previous album ‘Bongs of Praise’, some suffered tragic losses, some welcomed new life into the world, some grew awesome skullets. Not to mention that global event in 2020 that kept us all inside.
Left to ferment in frustrating circumstances has led to the new material being more aggressive and abrasive than previous offerings, whilst still retaining that signature GURT silliness and swagger.
In January 2024 GURT took these new songs into the mighty Monolith Studios in London and under the watchful eye of Steve Sears, they birthed the magnificent, monstrous “Satan Etc”. This album marks GURT’s 5th collaboration with Sears, who always coaxes the best out of the band with a healthy mixture of positive support and scathing insults.
When asked about the influences and inspiration behind this album vocalist Gareth Kelly states “it’s about survival in the very fucked up world we live in, but of course delivered in the bands tongue in cheek style”.Drummer Bill Jacobs says ” we wanted shorter punchier songs to go with the new aggro vibe, nothing to do with us being older and fatter” whilst bassist David “Spicy” Blakemore enigmatically adds “I’ve been listening to lots of Slavic hardcore!”.
Delving into varied topics, from bodged vasectomies to the beauty of brown cars, from self pleasure on Arrakis to the wholesome matter of how damn much Gareth loves his kids, “Satan Etc” is the sound of the band ready to get back to doing what they love most: having a great big sludgy party with their rabid fans. PARTY DOOM HAS EVOLVED.
“Satan ETC” is released on 7th June via When Planets Collide and is available to pre-order from – https://gurt.bigcartel.com
Photo credit – Mithun Shah