Attendant “Mortal Coil”

Scuzzy, heavy, nihilistic, bleak and just pure chaos. From one of UK’s most exciting rising rock band, Attendant, “Mortal Coil” proves that they can do anything they set their minds to.

With a strange vision of apocalypse and the annihilation of the human race, “Mortal Coil” finds its first sound in the shape of a voice note on songwriter Andy Walker’s phone. The initial idea might have been too heavy in their taste, but with Cleopatrick and Deftones chiming in as muses and Nevil Shute’s On The Beach as a spiritual guide, “Mortal Coil” took off and landed unexpected with an unconventional two-act structure and the runtime of 5:20.

Blowingly loud and ominously lofi. Disobedient interference and wild experimentations resulted in an end-of-the-world commotion and destruction. The lyrics of “Mortal Coil” journals through different coping mechanisms while the drums filtered through distortion pedals. They tuned the guitars down to Drop A and let imagination and feelings take over.

“Mortal Coil” is the darkest and the most experimental fans of Attendant have ever experienced. It signals versatility and ambition in the time of change. “We’d like to keep people guessing what we’re going to do next,” said Walker. “This is a side to us that people won’t have heard before. Heavier, darker, more theatrical.”