Coilguns are a hardcore/noise rock band from Switzerland and this is their fifth album.
After 2024’s amazing Odd Love, you’d better believe that Everything We Love, We Destroy is highly anticipated. Coilguns are a band that more people deserve to know, so what does this new album have to offer us?
A big fat giant bowl of wonderfulness, that’s what.
Everything We Love, We Destroy is the sound of Coilguns emphasising their more energetic aspects, but without sacrificing the rest of their strong skillset. It’s an enticing mix of hardcore and noise rock, (with a pinch of post-rock/metal/hardcore), brought together by a band with the ability to capture their high-octane live performances remarkably well.
As a collection of songs, its very, very enjoyable. The record delivers a vibrant, pulsing hit of adrenaline-soaked energy, emotion, and melody. Coilguns mix these ingredients together naturally and easily, while also finding the time to incorporate atmosphere and hooks too. The music is written with the band’s feeling-rich quirks intact, while retaining a playful air that’s somehow also deadly serious.
Fast and loose, with a recording that’s more interested in raw character and authenticity than becoming the latest plastic-knock-off-flavour-of-the-month, the results speak for themselves. The songs sound vital, imbued with the band’s idiosyncratic charm and easy charisma.
Everything We Love, We Destroy is another triumph from Coilguns. If you have a chance to catch the band live you absolutely must, as they’re a force of nature. Until then, make sure you spend a lot of time with this new record. It is, quite simply, that good.
Essential listening.
