This time around, they sounded kinda pissed, aggressive even (?), on a lot of the new songs from the ex-Pixies, Frank-Black-produced album, Art Brut Vs. Satan. If we took their first two albums and pitted them against the king of the underworld, I’d wager Art Brut might have had to run off to their bedrooms, lock the doors, and write more teenage break-up songs or cleverly reference Brian Eno.

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Raw, confessional, witty and most elegantly tuneful for a mess of one-take dementia helmed by none other than Black Francis, Art Brut’s Art Brut vs. Satan sports frontman (and adopted quasi-Angeleno) Eddie Argos’ leanest and canniest songwriting yet. The dirty little secret behind ‘The Replacements’ awaits a less sympathetic journo. This interview by Ron Garmon.

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