Coilguns "Everything We Love, We Destroy" LP

This is Coilguns writing urgent music in urgent times. Facing the opaque, complex, and hard-to-grasp world that surrounds us, our riffs have never been that rough, and our lyrics have never been that clear.

However, we're conscious that what sounds normal to us may seem fucked up to others. As usual, we didn't bother fixing our weirdness — why would we? Our oddity barely equals the absurdity of the world we hear about in the news. Everything we believed in seems optional, everything we thought was sound is questioned. So while writing this album, when confronted with choices, we always opted for the simplest way and the boldest moves. This is our way to heal from chaos, add clarity to the equation, and loudly fight for calm.

Being on tour all year long, we didn't have time to waste, and the general context didn't seem to call for that. Our heads and our bodies were full of new energies and experiences, shared with the many human beings we met during the last couple of years on the road. We've learned so much recently, we couldn't wait.

We wrote fast songs, and we recorded them quickly. This was made possible by two important factors:

Unified Vision: We were all on the same page and knew where we wanted to bring this record. We didn't argue about anything — maybe because we didn't have the time, maybe because we didn't need to.

Functional Studio Headquarters: An old warehouse in our hometown was packed with all the gear we've collected through 20 years of touring and trying things out. We only needed to pick things from the shelves, plug them in, and crank them to the maximum. Everything was already in our hands. We got to integrate acoustic instruments, large and unusual rooms, and old, dusty gear — the whole thrift store.

We hired Scott Evans for recording (La Dispute, Thrice, Neurosis), Tom Dalgety for mixing (Ghost, Tiger Cub, Pixies), and Robin Schmidt for mastering (The Hives, Yungblud) — the exact same team that worked with us on Odd Love. We knew what we wanted, and we already trusted them to achieve it. They captured and translated with remarkable transparency and punch the urgency and rawness we were looking for in these performances. Ben Chisholm (Chelsea Wolfe, The Armed) honored us by contributing additional production and overdubs, making sure we explored the full potential of every song.

This is the first album we wrote with a bass player involved from the very beginning of the songwriting process. Kevin Galland's thick sound and sharp ears allowed us to explore something we had never really dared before: a classic four-piece lineup. Sometimes it takes a long journey and countless detours to naturally come back to the simplest ideas.

We're thankful for this new opportunity, and deeply honored and humbled by everything that's happening to us. We are a group of lucky humans sitting on a big pile of privileges. To grow older together and keep this band alive is all we ask for. We try our best to make it meaningful by turning it into an honest reflection of the world around us. We see a sad world losing hope, and we choose to respond with electricity and sweat. We want to keep sharing that energy, so that not everything we love gets destroyed.

Track Listing :
1. Everything We Love, We Destroy
2. Peace Trader
3. Replication Crisis
4. Platform Decay
5. Punisher Disclaimer
6. Days Before the War
7. Teach Ourselves
8. Carbon Magic
9. Forever Chemicals
10. Perfect Fit Content