The Satanic Satanist is a heart-warming pop effort that also relies on one's ability to connect with the softness and imagery of Gourley's lyrics. Interspersed also are more "nerdy" things -- covert as they may be -- that are inspired by...
"I think the only time I feel completely comfortable with who I am and with what I have to say is when I'm playing music." -- Tomo Nakayama
"I just want to treat the audience for my music like I'd like to be treated." -- Scott Hutchinson
"A vanity label is just a logo. You have to look at what's behind that. Who are the players on that team who are pushing the product?" -- Joe McAffrey
"What I want to have is different people to come together -- [to have] different styles and fashions to come together and feel the music itself... That's my ultimate happiness." -- Richard Spitzer
"We're not up there trying to come to your city to have church... We're trying to be a band and are expressing ourselves as artists. That's what every band does." - Mike Weiss, mewithoutYou
"Sometimes there's a stigma against a band trying to be a political band... but those are usually bands like Anti-Flag... who are stating the obvious. Maybe their hearts are in the right place, but they could say it a little more intelligently." ...
"A lot of the new record is our reflectance on the kid's dream of rock n' roll versus the reality of it, in the experiences that we had." -- Warren Woodward