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Something Stirs. The Beginning: 81- 83

by ATTRITION

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rikm Dark and primal early tracks from Attrition. Haunting, mesmerizing, beguiling, and highly recommended...
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Es Lessin 1978 The absolute best era of Attrition and one of my very favorite of their many collections/albums. Favorite track: Birthrite.
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  • Streaming + Download

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    A collection of rare early 4 track and live recordings remastered for our Two Gods label edition with full album artwork and booklet as PDF
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  • Bag + Digital Album

    A new official tote bag for our 40th anniversary year... 2 colour print on a 15 x 16 inch black cotton bag... only 50 have been made!
    Includes a free download of the 8 track "Introduction to ATTRITION, with a selection of tracks from our 40 year career

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    Pleased to announce the first official ATTRITION Hoodie, a 2 colour screened Hand Logo print on a heavy pullover hood Gildan Hoodie - limited to a run of 40.
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  • Full Digital Discography

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    Get all 86 ATTRITION releases available on Bandcamp and save 50%.

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of The Black Maria, Prayer for the Head - Live at The Recession Club, Hackney. Oct 1983, Live in The Cage 07.02.2023, The Switch EP, ATTRITION - Live at Projektfest, Chicago, USA - 1996, A Great Desire (1986 - 2004), Death House Variations - Live at The Tin. Coventry. 10.09.21, The Alibi, and 78 more. , and , .

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Something Stirs 02:11
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2.
Pain 03:31
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3.
Birthrite 03:04
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4.
Cut It Fine 03:23
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5.
Onslaught 05:14
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Hungry Ghosts 04:11
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7.
Mr Toma (I Looked But It Was Gone) 09:11
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8.
I Saw You, Slowly 04:42
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Tones In Black 03:22
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10.
Domus - Live (1981) 02:16
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Hologram - Live (1981) 02:32
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12.
Alter Ego - Live (1981) 02:58
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released July 10, 2006

Album mastered by Martin Bowes at The Cage Studios, England. 2006
www.thecagestudios.co.uk
www.attrition.co.uk

Originally released on Two Gods records. 2006

Something Stirs. review from Sonic Curiosity

This CD from 2006 features 47 minutes of dark industrial music culled from ancient compilations and old cassette releases by the band. Included are five previously unreleased tracks, three of them live from the General Wolfe in Coventry in 1981. These selections represent the band's early period.
Attrition is: Martin Bowes, Julia Waller, and Ashley Niblock.

The electronics are sparse but haunting, jarring and dire. Angry diodes screech and gurgle, producing an environment of eerie pulsations seasoned with growling noises of unearthly demeanor. Scraping sounds rise and claw for the audience's faces, while basic synthesizer bellows grumble with contention.
Waller's vocals convey a desperation that rings from the cemetery, rich with ghostly timbre. Her lyrics are concerned with taboo subjects and forbidden affection. Death fuses with emotion as she croons with emphatic determination.
Several tracks feature spooky basslines that generate a thumping undercurrent for the angry electronics. Percussion is present in a number of songs too, establishing mechanical rhythms overlaid with more forceful tempos. Sometimes the beats throb with hollow retorts, as if sounding from deep in a well.
The compositions are melodic, but focused to agitate more than enthrall. The mood evoked by this tuneage is surly and dissident. The live tracks are abrasive and reminiscent of an angrier Joy Division.

This music will appeal to fans who miss Throbbing Gristle and the good old days of Coil.

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"Forever there will be the speculation that the exploration of darkness as a beautiful place will lessen our fear of it all, ease the pain a little..."

" Creating and exploring rich shadowy electronic soundscapes...interweaving the ephemeral with the operatic, the sound can at once calm your soul and chill your bones..." ... more

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