New Jersey’s Screaming Females have announced their new album Desire Pathway, out February 17 on Don Giovanni Records. Listen to the first single, the Sabbathy inspired, ‘Brass Bell’.
 
“‘Brass Bell’ is a song about surrendering your autonomy to something so overwhelmingly powerful you willingly relinquish your ambitions and self-worth”. explains Marissa Paternoster. “My intention was to draw an interesting dichotomy between the muscular nature of the song and the rather bleak, worried lyrics.” 
 
Desire Pathway was recorded at Minnesota’s Pachyderm Studios (where Nirvana recorded In Utero) and produced by Matt Bayles (Pearl Jam, Mastodon, Foxing etc).. Bright and full, the album captures the band at a time when nothing was certain other than their abiding desire to make music together.
 
Desire Pathway opens with the Sabbath-like hypnotism of ‘Brass Bell.’ Following a swelling haze of synth, feedback shrieks, martial snares advance, and the band explodes into a bracing groove. Soon, Paternoster makes the cryptic announcement: “I have flown us to the moon,” and we’re off. The song has the effect of clearing one haze and replacing it with another, much heavier one.

Desire Pathway:

1. Brass Bell
2. Desert Train
3. Let You Go
4. Beyond The Void
5. Mourning Dove
6. It’s All Said And Done
7. Ornament
8. So Low
9. Let Me Into Your Heart
10. Titan