Following the recent release of ‘Peace Trader,’ Swiss noise-rock collective Coilguns now return with a brand-new single, ‘Carbon Magic,’ taken from the band’s forthcoming album, due later this year via Humus Records.
Out now alongside an official video, the track arrives with the announcement of a new European tour that will culminate in a special hometown release show at Le Romandie in Lausanne on December 12, the band’s only Swiss performance of the run.
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Directed by Louis Jucker and filmed and edited by Valentin Lurthy, the video captures the band’s raw and uncompromising energy while reinforcing the song’s central message, which examines an uncomfortable contradiction in Switzerland: the growing obsession with exporting carbon emissions elsewhere rather than confronting the environmental consequences at home.
The band comments: “You only know the price we’ll pay.”
While Switzerland is debating a racist initiative aimed at “limiting” its population and denying migrants their fundamental humanitarian rights, it seems perfectly acceptable for our most prestigious universities to develop projects designed to liquefy our industry’s carbon emissions and export them to foreign countries, with the ultimate goal of burying them deep underground, as far away as possible from our Instagrammable landscapes. How can we be so stupid and selfish? Do we really want our borders to function like a filter that keeps people out, while letting our waste slip away.”
Through ‘Carbon Magic,’ Coilguns challenge the idea of so-called carbon compensation, questioning a system that seeks to bury environmental responsibility out of sight while maintaining the illusion of sustainability.
Musically, the track delivers everything that has made Coilguns one of the most vital and unpredictable voices in contemporary heavy music: abrasive noise-rock intensity, post-hardcore urgency, and a fearless willingness to confront difficult subjects head-on.
Recorded by Scott Evans (Thrice, La Dispute, Neurosis), with additional production from Ben Chisholm (Chelsea Wolfe, The Armed), and mixed by Tom Dalgety (Ghost, Pixies, Royal Blood), ‘Carbon Magic’ continues the band’s evolution while preserving the visceral and DIY spirit that has defined them from the very beginning.
To celebrate the release, Coilguns will embark on a European tour this November and December, bringing their energetic live show to the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, and Switzerland.
Tour Dates
25.11 – Utrecht, NL BUY TICKETS
26.11 – Brussels, BE BUY TICKETS
28.11 – Antwerp, BE
29.11 – Tilburg, NL
02.12 – Cologne, DE
04.12 – Hamburg, DE
05.12 – Berlin, DE
06.12 – Munich, DE
12.12 – Lausanne, CH (Release Show)
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Photo by Andy Ford
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