ATTRITION - BLACK MARIA [LIMITED] LP

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Limited Edition of strictly 250 copies ONLY. Regular 140g Black Vinyl, coloured lyrics insert and Vinyl inside an inner black bag. Comes with a signed postcard size print from the album cover sessions!

The long awaited first all new album in years from the legendary darkwave pioneers! "The audio equivalent of a surrealist artist's darkest painting..." Not the Amp/USA Teaming up with the glorious baroque female vocalists Emke from Black Nail Cabaret, Elisa Day from Hetaira Decrépita and Yvette from Vaselyne is a genius move from the ATTRITION founder, with their voices lending filigrees of ghostly ambience to the band’s rich and distinctive sound... But it’s the return of original ATTRITION vocalist Julia after 20 years that elevates this album to another realm – peerless.

Includes remixed/remastered versions of the singles "The Great Derailer" and "The Alibi" and a reworking of “The Voice of Truth” (originally commissioned for Coventry’s City of Culture year 2021) The music weaves and shifts between gothic/industrial, neo-classical and dark ambient sound- scapes, with founding member Martin Bowes’s lyrics fearlessly exploring the themes that bind and break us all - life, love, longing, Loss and death – From the politics of Manipulation: personal and state, to the uncertainties of theosophical and philosophical thought. delivered in his dangerously anarchic yet melancholic growl.

With special guest appearances from Alia Miroshichenko (Subterranea) Annie Hogan (Marc and the Mambas etc) on Grand Piano, Vancorvid and Marietta Fox on Violins, Ian Arkley (My Silent Wake) on Guitar, Steve Clarke (Futumche) on additional guitar/bass, and Kris Force on Cello.

TRACKS: A1 the Promise A2 The Great Derailer A3 The Switch A4 The Pillar II B1 The Alibi B2 The Reprisal B3 The Zero Hour B4 The Black Maria