Band: Final Coil
Song: “Scattered Dust”
Album: The World We Left Behind for Others
Release Date: April 12th, 2019
Label: WormHoleDeath
The live video for “Scattered Dust” is part of a series leading up to the band’s appearance on the Newblood Stage at this year’s Bloodstock Open Air on Friday, August 9th. Frontman Phil Stiles comments of the video series:
“Revisiting the launch gig as we countdown to Bloodstock is really cool, because it all happened in a whirlwind. Not only was it our first gig in some time, but we were airing a lot of songs from the third album that had never been played live before, and it was (new drummer) Gee’s debut show – so, I don’t really remember a lot from the evening. When I went through the recording, there were a lot of moments that really stood out for me. I’ve always felt that we have a nervy energy on stage, which stands as a counterpoint to the more nuanced studio recordings, and the tracks I’ve chosen are a testament to this.”
Speaking of the decision to release a video for “Scattered Dust”, Stiles explains:
“‘Scattered Dust’, which is from our second album, was one of a handful of songs that we played to sort of settle in to the show. It’s one that Gee had used to audition and it’s always been a favourite of mine to play, because it just keeps building until it takes on a momentum of its own. Lyrically, it does much the same thing, telling a story of an old man, isolated and alone, unaware that the very resentment they feel towards their family for abandoning them is the cause for their situation in the first place. It’s that sense of rage and alienation that seeps into the monstrous doom riff that comes crashing in at the climax, providing a measure of catharsis and release after the claustrophobic verses.”
Final Coil’s next Bloodstock countdown video will arrive on July 1st.
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