Screaming Females heading down the Desire Pathway

Where: Rickshaw Theatre, 254 E. Hastings St., Vancouver

Tickets and info: $18 at rickshawtheatre.com

Paternoster applies a dizzying array of techniques to every tune. One minute, it’s straight-ahead pop, then the six-string pyrotechnics burn in and back again. This is an unheralded Guitar Hero.

She and bandmate Jarrett Dougherty talked about the new album and coming tour:

Q: Desire Pathway grabbed me before I’d heard the first note due to the cool pen-and-ink, hand drawn cover art. How did that come about?