Final Coil have released the latest live video in their Countdown to Bloodstock series. The latest is for their track “Wire”, taken from their latest outing The World We Inherited (Sliptrick). The clip was captured at The Black Heart in London. Reflecting on the track, frontman Phil Stiles says:
“‘Wires’ was, I think, the beginning of it all. Certainly, it was the first song to be directly inspired by the interview with Jazz Coleman, which covered everything from ‘full spectrum dominance’ to Moregellons Disease, and which eventually led to the concept behind the album as a whole. It was Morgellons which inspired this song. The condition (medically unsubstantiated) can take a variety of forms, but the one I remember most is an extreme variant where the sufferer believes themselves to be impregnated with nano-technology and can even, in some cases, come to believe that they can see the symbols of major companies embedded into their skin. As with all such conditions, the fact that it is poorly understood leaves questions open about its substance, but regardless of its legitimacy, it’s enough for me that there are those who believe its existence and, to that extent, suffer with it. The song, then, comes from a place of empathy and it’s intentionally one of the heaviest songs on the album, because it is an attempt to convey the creeping horror of believing yourself to be the victim of a parasitic organism. I had, originally, intended to expand the lyrics, but having recorded the demo, it occurred to me that the repetitive nature of the lyrics are perfect – both for a condition that leaves its sufferers feeling frantic; and for something that is highly likely to be more conspiracy than genuine. With most conspiracy theories coming from a place of belief rather than fact, the arguments put forward tend to be similarly repetitive and so, the lyrics stayed as they were. This recording documents the first time we ever played this song live and I think we captured its brutal pulse pretty well.”
The World We Inherited was released in January through Sliptrick Records and is available for purchase through Dead Pulse. Bandcamp, Apple Music, and Spotify.
Final Coil will be performing at this year’s Bloodstock Open Air at Catton Park in Derbyshire, UK. The festival runs from Thursday, August 8th to Sunday, August 11th. Final Coil will appear on Friday, August 9th on the Hopical Storm New Blood Stage. For full festival information visit Bloodstock.uk,com.