Apocalyptic gospel and rockabilly gems gathered for Hey, Mr. Devil! collection

 Hey, Mr. Devil! brings together 20 obscure apocalyptic gospel and rockabilly gems – out September 27th.  

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Presented here for the very first time are 20 timeless vanity vinyl slices of Luciferian gospel, end-times prophecy and doomsday Sermons from the surreal sacred songbook. Armageddon rockabilly collides with sulphur and brimstone diatribes. Dire predictions are set to a soundtrack of backwoods demonic disco  and southern-fried incubus funk. All excavated from deep within the forgotten margins of private press culture rescued from Goodwill shops and bargain bins by the folks at Iron Mountain Analogue Research who brought you the popular Hillbillies In Hell series. Deluxe gatefold vinyl edition comes with with scholarly liner notes by Alvin Lucia and creepy cool cover art by Eric Adrian Lee. Limited to 500 copies with 250 (randomly inserted) ‘Tower Of Babel’ splatter LPs / 250 (randomly inserted) ‘Mephisto Abyss’ black LPs! Set for release September 27. Pre-order right here. Check the track list below followed by a few audio clips. 

Hey, Mr Devil! 

Apocalyptic Gospel And Rapture Rockabilly From Private Press Prophets (1964-1984)

The Musical Harts - Hey

Don Foster - Don't Shake Hands With The Devil

Arlie Neaville - Run Devil

Reverend Don Mullins - Look Out Mister Devil

The Fundamentalist - Warn The Children

The Happy Christians - John The Revelator

Brenda Cheryl - Somebody's Knockin'

Kylan Laxson - Sly Old Fox

Evangelist Darrell Dunn - The Coming World Government '666' (Excerpt)

Gospel III With Alvis - The Devil's Got Your Number

Little Marcy - When Mr. Satan Knocks At My Heart's Door

Bobby Thomas - Wayfaring Stranger

The Unknown Quantity - Run Satan

Wally Fowler and The Oak Ridge Quartet - Ole Satan

The Byrd Family - The River Of Death

Charles Lee - When The World's On Fire

The Gospel Rhythm-Aires - The Rapture (Excerpt)

The Gospel Singin' Saints - We Shall Rise

Claudette Dykstra - Sweet Jesus Threw The Devil Out

Judy W. DeLatte - Satan Get Out Of Here

Russell Simins' band SERVICE previews debut album with clowny "Hey" video

The video for "Hey" off the Drag Me debut by Russell Simins' band SERVICE was shot by filmmaker Steve Hanft. Watch it below. 

Here's the scoop...

The SERVICE song "Hey" is about feeling out of step in a world that prioritizes “likes” and “follows” over in-person interaction and real intimacy. Most people are engaging only in a performative way and mostly via social media, as opposed to experiencing soul-to-soul, real life exchanges of art, philosophy, and creative ideas. We often feel left behind and alienated in this climate, but are proud of maintaining our integrity and commitment to our own vision. We never want to make this kind of complaint without doing it in a self-deprecating and humorous manner. (For example, Jilly sings, “In an age of affection, I’m the mailman.”) This high energy song with a big beat, chaotic guitar, and hooky chorus makes this kind of insecure confession into a damn fun rock and roll song. 

 

SERVICE is an urgent, howling, earnest rock and roll band, steadily cementing their reputation as a great live act, ahead of releasing their debut album, Drag Me (out Friday May 6 via Let's Pretend Records). Started in the Manhattan apartment of renowned drummer Russell Simins, SERVICE now lives in Indianapolis, home of the other two core members, Jilly Weiss (We Are Hex) and Mitch Geisinger. The band sums up their sound with the quip, “post-punk then punk again,” which reflects their smart, self-deprecating lyrics as much as the music.

 

Jilly is an iconic front person with the boastful confidence of Nick Cave or Mark E. Smith, combined with the sort of confessional sincerity of PJ Harvey. Mitch’s wild guitar manipulations recount the Birthday Party and Butthole Surfers with an array of effects the Liars would admire. At the helm from behind the kit is Russell Simins, best known best for his tenure in NYC staple rock outfit, the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. Simins’ uniquely hard-driving, powerful beats give SERVICE their huge sound.

 

The album is very much a guitar record, a two-guitar assault really, but the hard-grooving beats keep it almost danceably post-punk. Drag Me is certainly unorthodox, but has choruses that will have you yelling along - an audacious, swaggering rock and roll record that is about to put SERVICE on the map.

You can pre-order the new SERVICE album Drag Me on limited-edition black vinyl from Bloomington's Let's Pretend Records right here. Watch video for "Hey" directed by filmmaker Steve Hanft (Southlander, Return Of the Rub-a-Dub Style, Beck's "Loser") followed by a SERVICE performance of "Who Are You Anyway?" 

 

SERVICE on tour

05-05 The Spot, Lafayette, IN

05-06 Blockhouse, Bloomington, IN

05-07 Square Cat Vinyl, Indianapolis, IN

05-14 Village Green Records, Muncie, IN

05-15 TBA, Bloomington, IL

05-26 Healer, Indianapolis, IN

05-27 Caterwaul Fest, Minneapolis, MN

06-01 Northside Tavern, Cincinnati, OH

06-02 Happy Dog, Cleveland, OH

06-03 Buzzbin, Canton, OH

06-04 The Sultan Room, Brooklyn, NY 

06-05 Rockwood Music Hall, New York, NY

06-06 Slash Run, Baltimore, MD 

06-07 Public Option, Washington, D.C.

06/08 TBA, Durham, NC

06/09 Pilot Light, Knoxville, TN

06/10 Green Lantern, Lexington, KY

06/11 Whirling Tiger, Louisville, KY

06/23 State Street Pub, Indianapolis, IN

06/24 Portal at fifteenTWELVE, Louisville, KY

06/25 East Room, Nashville, TN

06/26 Boggs, Atlanta, GA

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