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ATTRITION – The Alibi
Admission, of mind
Is blinded, and tied
By pretty, white lies
I picked up all the pieces (left inside…)
I am the perfect Alibi
I am the perfect Alibi
(If not the perfect bride)
Sedition, the crime
Of holding back tides
With blades of silence
The sacrificial lamb crawled in (and died…)
I am the perfect Alibi
I am the perfect Alibi
(If not the perfect bride)
Baptism, of pride
Is falling like fire
I’m crowded by violence
And burning all the bridges (I have tried)
I am the perfect Alibi
I am the perfect Alibi
(If not the perfect bride)
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ATTRITION – The Great Derailer
Psycho Analysts, and Jailers
In-confidantes and traitors
and all the feminists, in halos
All entertain you
The Great Derailer
Alpha male manipulators
Denizens of our dictators
all the puppets and spectators
All entertain you
The Great Derailer
All our Gods and imitators
Inconsequential traders
and all the trained infiltrators
All entertain you
The Great Derailer
All entertain you
The Great Derailer
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ATTRITION – The Alibi
Admission, of mind
Is blinded, and tied
By pretty, white lies
I picked up all the pieces (left inside…)
I am the perfect Alibi
I am the perfect Alibi
(If not the perfect bride)
Sedition, the crime
Of holding back tides
With blades of silence
The sacrificial lamb crawled in (and died…)
I am the perfect Alibi
I am the perfect Alibi
(If not the perfect bride)
Baptism, of pride
Is falling like fire
I’m crowded by violence
And burning all the bridges (I have tried)
I am the perfect Alibi
I am the perfect Alibi
(If not the perfect bride)
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ATTRITION – The Great Derailer
Psycho Analysts, and Jailers
In-confidantes and traitors
and all the feminists, in halos
All entertain you
The Great Derailer
Alpha male manipulators
Denizens of our dictators
all the puppets and spectators
All entertain you
The Great Derailer
All our Gods and imitators
Inconsequential traders
and all the trained infiltrators
All entertain you
The Great Derailer
All entertain you
The Great Derailer
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ATTRITION – The Alibi
Admission, of mind
Is blinded, and tied
By pretty, white lies
I picked up all the pieces (left inside…)
I am the perfect Alibi
I am the perfect Alibi
(If not the perfect bride)
Sedition, the crime
Of holding back tides
With blades of silence
The sacrificial lamb crawled in (and died…)
I am the perfect Alibi
I am the perfect Alibi
(If not the perfect bride)
Baptism, of pride
Is falling like fire
I’m crowded by violence
And burning all the bridges (I have tried)
I am the perfect Alibi
I am the perfect Alibi
(If not the perfect bride)
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ATTRITION – The Great Derailer
Psycho Analysts, and Jailers
In-confidantes and traitors
and all the feminists, in halos
All entertain you
The Great Derailer
Alpha male manipulators
Denizens of our dictators
all the puppets and spectators
All entertain you
The Great Derailer
All our Gods and imitators
Inconsequential traders
and all the trained infiltrators
All entertain you
The Great Derailer
All entertain you
The Great Derailer
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ATTRITION – The Alibi
Admission, of mind
Is blinded, and tied
By pretty, white lies
I picked up all the pieces (left inside…)
I am the perfect Alibi
I am the perfect Alibi
(If not the perfect bride)
Sedition, the crime
Of holding back tides
With blades of silence
The sacrificial lamb crawled in (and died…)
I am the perfect Alibi
I am the perfect Alibi
(If not the perfect bride)
Baptism, of pride
Is falling like fire
I’m crowded by violence
And burning all the bridges (I have tried)
I am the perfect Alibi
I am the perfect Alibi
(If not the perfect bride)
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ATTRITION – The Great Derailer
Psycho Analysts, and Jailers
In-confidantes and traitors
and all the feminists, in halos
All entertain you
The Great Derailer
Alpha male manipulators
Denizens of our dictators
all the puppets and spectators
All entertain you
The Great Derailer
All our Gods and imitators
Inconsequential traders
and all the trained infiltrators
All entertain you
The Great Derailer
All entertain you
The Great Derailer
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ATTRITION – The Alibi
Admission, of mind
Is blinded, and tied
By pretty, white lies
I picked up all the pieces (left inside…)
I am the perfect Alibi
I am the perfect Alibi
(If not the perfect bride)
Sedition, the crime
Of holding back tides
With blades of silence
The sacrificial lamb crawled in (and died…)
I am the perfect Alibi
I am the perfect Alibi
(If not the perfect bride)
Baptism, of pride
Is falling like fire
I’m crowded by violence
And burning all the bridges (I have tried)
I am the perfect Alibi
I am the perfect Alibi
(If not the perfect bride)
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ATTRITION – The Alibi
Admission, of mind
Is blinded, and tied
By pretty, white lies
I picked up all the pieces (left inside…)
I am the perfect Alibi
I am the perfect Alibi
(If not the perfect bride)
Sedition, the crime
Of holding back tides
With blades of silence
The sacrificial lamb crawled in (and died…)
I am the perfect Alibi
I am the perfect Alibi
(If not the perfect bride)
Baptism, of pride
Is falling like fire
I’m crowded by violence
And burning all the bridges (I have tried)
I am the perfect Alibi
I am the perfect Alibi
(If not the perfect bride)
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ATTRITION – The Great Derailer
Psycho Analysts, and Jailers
In-confidantes and traitors
and all the feminists, in halos
All entertain you
The Great Derailer
Alpha male manipulators
Denizens of our dictators
all the puppets and spectators
All entertain you
The Great Derailer
All our Gods and imitators
Inconsequential traders
and all the trained infiltrators
All entertain you
The Great Derailer
All entertain you
The Great Derailer
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ATTRITION – The Alibi
Admission, of mind
Is blinded, and tied
By pretty, white lies
I picked up all the pieces (left inside…)
I am the perfect Alibi
I am the perfect Alibi
(If not the perfect bride)
Sedition, the crime
Of holding back tides
With blades of silence
The sacrificial lamb crawled in (and died…)
I am the perfect Alibi
I am the perfect Alibi
(If not the perfect bride)
Baptism, of pride
Is falling like fire
I’m crowded by violence
And burning all the bridges (I have tried)
I am the perfect Alibi
I am the perfect Alibi
(If not the perfect bride)
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ATTRITION – The Great Derailer
Psycho Analysts, and Jailers
In-confidantes and traitors
and all the feminists, in halos
All entertain you
The Great Derailer
Alpha male manipulators
Denizens of our dictators
all the puppets and spectators
All entertain you
The Great Derailer
All our Gods and imitators
Inconsequential traders
and all the trained infiltrators
All entertain you
The Great Derailer
All entertain you
The Great Derailer
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ATTRITION – The Great Derailer
Psycho Analysts, and Jailers
In-confidantes and traitors
and all the feminists, in halos
All entertain you
The Great Derailer
Alpha male manipulators
Denizens of our dictators
all the puppets and spectators
All entertain you
The Great Derailer
All our Gods and imitators
Inconsequential traders
and all the trained infiltrators
All entertain you
The Great Derailer
All entertain you
The Great Derailer
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Two Gods presents: The companion remix album for the 2024 ATTRITION album The Black Maria.
20 versions of the songs The Great Derailer, The Alibi and The Switch from artists from the USA, Canada, UK and Europe...
Available exclusively now as a name your price download... (and streaming worldwide from February 21st 2025)
released January 20, 2025
Collated by Martin Bowes between 2020 and 2024.
Mastered at the Cage Studios, Coventry, England. 2025.
www.thecagestudios.co.uk
Cover photo a detail by James King
A Two Gods Production: 60GODSDIG
Thank you to all the bands that contributed to this release...
www.attrition.co.uk
www.facebook.com/attritionmusic
attritionuk.bandcamp.com
The Black Maria is here:
attritionuk.bandcamp.com/album/the-black-maria
Review from:
Medienkonverter.de
"You thought 'The Black Maria' by Attrition was already a dark treat for the ears? Think again, because now there is even the remix version 'A Permanent View', and it is as diverse as an industrial festival on acid. Martin Bowes, the legendary mind behind Attrition , has enlisted an armada of remix artists from the USA, Canada, Great Britain and Europe from 2020 to 2024 to completely reinterpret three tracks - 'The Great Derailer', 'The Alibi' and 'The Switch'. The result? 20 (!) versions that present industrial, darkwave and EBM in such different ways that you can celebrate each of them like a new song.
There are remixes from scene greats such as Bellhead, Chiasm, Microwaved and Lights Of Euphoria - and yes, even Kitty Lectro and Satori are busy getting involved. Whether you like minimalist beats or bombastic electronic explosions, you'll find your dream remix here. Highlights like the 'Chiasm Remix' of 'The Great Derailer' or the dark, driving 'Satori Mix' are guaranteed to make your head spin.
The best part? The album is now available as a "Name Your Price" download - in other words, pay what you want and get the work straight to your ears. Streaming fans will have to wait a little longer, though: From February 7, 2025, the remix party will also be available worldwide on streaming services. The whole thing was mastered in the legendary Cage Studios in Coventry, where Martin Bowes once again proves why he is considered an industrial icon. An album like a dark rush - are you ready for 'A Permanent View'? "
Medienkonverter.de
Attrition – Various Artists – A Permanent View? Black Maria Remixed
There’s well over an hour of music here, and it’s a pay what you feel release too. Martin has released three Attrition tracks from the last album into the wild and when they came home again, from all over the world, their friends had fundamentally changed them all. Start by listening to the Black Maria again and then take a long deep dive into the world of darkwave, darkness and weirdness. I’m not going through all the mixes, that’s for you to do. What I will do is say that they get odder and stranger as they go on. Everything from minimal beats amd buried vocals to waves of static and massive abrasive hammer blows. It’s a perfect companion to the album and well worth an hour of anyone’s time..."
fightingboredom.com
ATTRITION
A Permanent View? Black Maria Remixed
(Two Gods) by Alan Rider -
Outsideleft.com
With twenty different versions of tracks drawn from the Black Maria album, largely 'The Alibi' and 'The Great Derailer', its hard to choose any single one for praise. Many are very good. Better than the original, almost. Sufficiently different anyway. If you want to get this, you can pay what you like for it on Bandcamp. Theoretically, that means you could get the lot for a penny, if you were that mean. I'd like to think you weren't.
ATTRITION - A Permanent View? the Black Maria remix album
Big takeover magazine...
bigtakeover.com/recordings/attrition-%C2%A0a-permanent-view-black-maria-remixed%C2%A0two-gods
Any song that meets the required benchmark the first time around is a song robust and interesting enough to undergo remixing. And if one remix of a track seems like a good idea, many remixes are, surely, better. That is the philosophy behind A Permanent View, an extensive collection of remixes of some of the songs found on Attrition’s 2024 album, The Black Maria. The album’s questioning title even references the transient nature of the music.
No song is ever really finished, and any recording is just the version captured on the day. The best way for any song to live life to the fullest is for others to pick up the sonic pen and continue writing its story, which is precisely what we have here. Such is the expansive nature of the album, both in the number of tracks it contains and the way they unfold, exploring the dark corners of the music map; all the reviewer can do is allude to the deftness and creativity at work in brief, so here we go…
Take a song like “The Great Derailer,” for example; here it is, in turn, rendered into a dark digital dance groover, a gnashing electro-rock anthem, complete with ethereal interludes, an operatic darkwave-disco track, orchestral drum and bass, neon-lit, euphoric nightclub energies, Batcave nostalgia, futuristic ambient exploration, searing white noise and an industrial echo from the edge of the third circle of hell. Phew! And that’s just the possibilities found in just one of the four songs featured on this 20-track album.
Yes, songs never have a logical conclusion; they are always able to find a new lease of life, take on new forms, and break their original mold, but rarely have songs been allowed such split personalities and ushered into so many myriad forms as they do here.
