Homeworking Patriarch from Lost Love by Coilguns
On this track, Coilguns return to their early style, characterised by cryptic beats, anxious harmonies and desperate moans. Through a chaotic sequence of horizonless riffs, the band expresses empathy for those in dysfunctional families who were forced to cohabit during lockdown with no chances of escape. The lyrics highlight the problematic roles that fathers too often embody in our patriarchal societies and the toxicity of the 'good family man' figure.
These four minutes of noise, carefully produced by Californian engineer and musician Scott Evans (Kowloon Walled City), are a perfect example of what Evans's "Sad Dude Core" recipe is good for: exorcising the rotten parts of ourselves.
As singer Louis Jucker says:
'The paradoxical good thing about a global crisis is that it provides an opportunity for global learning. Being forced to stay at home, I think many of us were confronted with the dirt that had been hidden under our carpets for too long. If our personal situations allowed all of us in the band to get through this without being hurt too badly, we wanted to show our support for all those who weren't as lucky as we were".
Tracklist
| 2. | Homeworking Patriarch | 3:42 |
Lyrics
Bringing your burden home
Calling our patience your gold
You give us all shares
You give us all shares
You give us all shares
It’s been a wrestling day
Of a long lost year
Though you hope
Still, You hope
Admiring thoughts
Came for yearning peers
We doubt
Open their letters
You overload the pain
You overload the pain
Our door had kept away
Welcome their praises
They felt you craving
You compromised your bail
None of your shit will make you a man
None of your shit will make you a man
Credits
• written, arranged and produced by Coilguns
• Recorded June 2022 by Scott Evans at Ocean Sound – Giske, NO
• Mixed January 2025 by Scott Evans
• Mastered January 2025 by Magnus Lindberg
