(1) Attrition are pioneers in a darker electronica. Formed in 1980 in Coven… Read Full Bio ↴(1) Attrition are pioneers in a darker electronica. Formed in 1980 in Coventry, England
(2) Attrition was also a short lived US Hardcore band from Washington DC
(3) Attrition is also a Canadian war metal band formed in 2017.

1. Attrition are pioneers in a darker electronica. Formed in 1980 in Coventry, England, influenced by a mix of punk ideology and experimental art aesthetics, they emerged as part of the early '80's UK Industrial scene alongside contemporaries Coil, Test Department, Legendary Pink Dots, In The Nursery, Portion Control et al.
Founder Martin Bowes has steered the band through a 25 year career, fueled by a succession of critically acclaimed albums...
The band has regularly toured Europe, North America and Mexico, appeared at major festivals and had their music included on a number of film soundtracks.... (most recently two of their songs are included on the US cult film “Mint in box” alongside the Pogues…)
Through their career Attrition have worked with musicians as diverse as psychedelic veterans The Legendary Pink Dot’s to punk legend TV Smith to Franck Dematteis of the Paris Opera.

Attrition’s music has featured on countless releases - from 1984’s “Bullshit detector” on Crass records to the hugely successful “Animal liberation” album alongside Siouxsie & the Banshees, The Smiths, Nina Hagen & Lene Lovich etc…
Recently their song “Acid Tongue” featured on KTEL’s Industrial story CD - a who’s who of industrial music with Cabaret Voltaire, Throbbing Gristle, Ministry, Nitzer Ebb, Neubauten et al…
In Germany Orkus magazine’s Best of the 90’s collection featured their darkwave classic “A girl called harmony”…
Attrition’s work been remixed by underground artists from an eclectic mix of genres including Chris n Cosey, Martin Atkins, Dance or Die and UK drum n bass act Rascal & Klone…(featured on the first Grand Theft Auto game soundtrack..)
Martin’s increasing studio production work has included mixes for The Damage Manual (Martin Atkins, Jah Wobble, Geordie Walker, Chris Connelly et al…), Die Form, In the Nursery, Black tape for a blue girl, Emilie Autumn and more…
He has contributed a song for the new Pigface album and is recording the narrators voice to an upcoming US horror film, “C for Chaos”…
2012... Invocation is the bands first full length film score...composed for US cult horror movie G.H.O.S.T.
2013... The Unraveller of Angels is the all new album...

(2) Attrition was also a short lived US Hardcore band from Washington DC

2. They existed from January 2005 - May 2007 and played a progressive style of emotionally charged, metallic hardcore influenced equally by screamo bands such as pg. 99 and Majority Rule, noisecore bands such as Converge and Botch, and more straight-forward hardcore bands. Their lyrical content approached issues such as anarchism, feminism, straightedge and veganism (an interesting similarity to their UK counterpart), but from a personal, anecdotal perspective, focusing more on alienation and frustration than on prescriptive politics. They toured the US once (partially with North Carolina crust band Requiem) and the East Coast once with Philadelphia vegan straightedge hardcore band Kingdom and self-released two CDEP's named, respectively, "Preface" and "Chapter One: We Are Fucking Serious". "Purist", from the second EP, was featured on "Open The Cages: SHAC 7 Benefit" on Catalyst Records and the previously unreleased "No Control" appeared only on "Keep Singing", an animal-rights benefit CD released by Exotic Fever Records. Their entire discography is available for free download at attrition.dead-city.org/.

Dreamsleep
Attrition Lyrics

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I have seen my dream
That they call hallucination,
I have glimpsed my hopes
Far beyond the horizon
Now it shares my thoughts
And breathes my air in,
As it stops me running
From a misty vision

It takes over and engulfs all
I become this formless entity

I have climbed the peak
To seek new sensation,
Can't retrace my steps,
Trapped in my own creation
Travelled in time,
Can't think how I used to,
Less confused than then
Yet more questions to answer

In day dreams

In dark dreams
In dreamsleep

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of the song "Dreamsleep" by Attrition touch upon the themes of dreams, hope, and self-discovery. The first stanza references seeing a dream that is often perceived as a hallucination. The dream is so vivid that it becomes a part of the singer's thoughts, suffocating them to the point where they become one with the dream. The line "as it stops me running from a misty vision" suggests that the dream has some sort of hold on the singer, pulling them towards it and making it impossible to resist.

The second stanza seems to describe the singer's journey towards self-discovery. The line "I have climbed the peak to seek new sensation" suggests that the singer has gone to great heights to find something that is missing in their life. However, the line "trapped in my creation" shows that the singer may have created their own obstacles or problems, making it difficult to move forward. The line "less confused than then yet more questions to answer" indicates that the singer has made progress but still has a long way to go.

Overall, "Dreamsleep" is a powerful and introspective song that explores the themes of dreams, hope, and self-discovery. The dream serves as a metaphor for the things that hold us back in life, while the journey towards self-discovery requires us to push past our fears and overcome the obstacles that we have created for ourselves.

Line by Line Meaning

I have seen my dream
I have witnessed a vision of my ideal future

That they call hallucination,
However, society disapproves of my dream and labels it as a delusion

I have glimpsed my hopes
I have a vague understanding of what my aspirations may look like

Far beyond the horizon
My dreams are far-reaching and seem unattainable

Now it shares my thoughts
My dream has taken up a significant part of my thinking

And breathes my air in,
As if it has become a part of me

As it stops me running
Although my dream motivates me, it can also impede my progress

From a misty vision
From an unclear picture of my future

It takes over and engulfs all
My dream has completely taken over my mind and being

I become this formless entity
To the point where I lose a sense of myself and exist solely as a manifestation of my dream

I have climbed the peak
I have achieved a great feat in pursuing my dream