Indianapolis heavy rockers Devil to Pay are inching closer to a summer release for their upcoming fifth album, A Bend Through Space and Time. Due out via Ripple Music as the band’s second for the label behind 2013’s Fate is Your Muse (review here), the new LP will come preceded by the recently-unveiled digital single, “Your Inner Lemmy” (posted here), which serves as the four-piece’s homage to late Motörhead frontman Lemmy Kilmister, culling its lyrics from among the thousands of famous quotes attributable to the outspoken bassist/vocalist. The chorus, for example, resounds as a gang-shouted call and response, “Fuck your gods/Fuck devils too/Fuck the church/And then fuck you.”

True to form for Devil to Pay, this is a hook, and a serious one. The band doesn’t write any other kind, and even if the source material here is largely stuff Kilmister said over his 40-year career, and if the speedy central riff of the verse could be said to be a tribute as well, the track is definitely Devil to Pay‘s own, bolstered by their blend of aural heft and melody, their well-honed verse/chorus changes and the songcraft that continues to be their greatest appeal of all. I’m not sure if “Your Inner Lemmy” will feature on A Bend Through Space and Time — wait until you see the W. Ralph Walters artwork — but it’s notice all the same that the band haven’t gone off the rails since their last record, and I, for one, take comfort in that.

Devil to Pay is guitarist/vocalist Steve Janiak, guitarist Rob Hough, bassist/backing vocalist Matt Stokes and drummer/backing vocalist Chad Profigle. Shot in what seems to be a practice space surrounded by well-framed posters, you can find the clip for “Your Inner Lemmy” below, followed by a few words from Janiak about the single.

Enjoy:

Devil to Pay, “Your Inner Lemmy” official video

From the forthcoming Devil to Pay album, A Bend Through Space and Time — available this summer on Ripple Music vinyl, CD and digital

Steve Janiak, singer/guitarist of Devil to Pay says, “We initially came up with the riffs in 2013 and they obviously sounded very Motörhead-ish. I named the idea ‘Your Inner Lemmy’ because it felt like we were channeling the rock god. Months later we fleshed out the arrangement and made the lyrics a textbook lesson on everything Lemmy was about. We initially didn’t intend to put it on the record, but the more we played it, the more it spoke to us. After we recorded it,we were really hoping that somehow he would end up hearing the song. His unfortunate passing shocked and saddened us all. RIP Lemmy!”

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