Swiss noise rock/post-hardcore band Coilguns unveils new single and video »Platform Decay« from upcoming album »Everything We Love, We Destroy«
Swiss noise rock/post-hardcore band Coilguns has unveiled new single and visualizer video »Platform Decay« taken from their upcoming album, »Everything We Love, We Destroy«, set to release on November 6th, 2026 via Humus Records.
»Platform Decay« is now available on all digital platforms!
Tracklist:
01. Everything We Love, We Destroy
02. Peace Trader
03. Replication Crisis
04. Platform Decay
05. Punisher Disclaimer
06. Days Before The War
07. Teach Ourselves
08. Carbon Magic
09. Forever Chemicals
10. Perfect Fit Content
Courtesy of Humus Records:
The Swiss band Coilguns is releasing their new single »Platform Decay« today, the last track to be unveiled ahead of the release of their new album »Everything We Love, We Destroy« on November 6, 2026, via Humus Records. New gigs in the UK, Spain, and Portugal have also just been announced for 2027 (see the full list at the bottom of this email) – the French tour will be announced before the end of the month.
Written and produced by the band, this fifth album, »Everything We Love, We Destroy«, was recorded by Scott Evans (Kowloon Walled City, Thrice, La Dispute, Neurosis) at Humus Lab (La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland), mixed by Tom Dalgety (Pixies, Ghost), and mastered by Robin Schmidt (The Hives, Yungblud) – Additional production: Ben Chisholm (Chelsea Wolfe, The Armed). The album will be available on vinyl, CD, and digitally.
Pre-orders available here: humus-records.myshopify.com
About the single »Platform Decay«:
The band comments: “Hopelessly witnessing the systemic enshittification of the internet made us want to celebrate the hackers and geeks that are fighting to keep the digital world independent. In times when reliable information has become a rare and questionable value, we’re constantly confronted with violent news, sometimes not knowing why we’re getting to read it, nor knowing how to determine its level of reality. Without the precious engagement of world wide web activists we would end up frozen like rabbits in headlights. So we yelled this anthem-like melody on repeat to loudly support the modern pirates of our digital oceans.
Photo credit: Andy Ford
This song is probably the clearest example of what Coilguns sounds like today. Every member’s personality found its way into it, yet it doesn’t really sound like anything we’ve released before. It somehow brings together everything we’ve learned over the years while opening another door stylistically.
It also showcases the subtle depth Ben Chisholm brought to the record, especially through details like the pulsating synths. You can also hear a very old, beautifully out-of-tune hand-pumped harmonium that Louis and Kevin stumbled upon while Jona was recording guitars.
Tracks like this also remind us how much of a collective effort recording can be. Getting every drum sound and groove to feel justright sometimes takes hours – and every available brain in the band. In the end, that’s probably why this song feels so much like Coilguns 3.0.”
Line up on this track:
Kevin Galland – Bass, Backing Vocals, Keys • Luc Hess – Drums, Percussions • Louis Jucker – Vocals, guitars, keys • Jonathan Nido – Guitars, Backing Vocals
About the new album »Everything We Love, We Destroy«:
This is Coilguns writing urgent music in urgent times. Facing the opaque, complex, and hard-to-grasp world that surrounds us, our riffs have never been that rough, and our lyrics have never been that clear. However, we’re conscious that what sounds normal to us may seem fucked up to others. As usual, we didn’t bother fixing our weirdness — why would we? Our oddity barely equals the absurdity of the world we hear about in the news. Everything we believed in seems optional, everything we thought was sound is questioned. So while writing this album, when confronted with choices, we always opted for the simplest way and the boldest moves. This is our way to heal from chaos, add clarity to the equation and loudly fight for calm.
Being on tour all year long, we didn’t have time to waste, and the general context didn’t seem to call for that. Our heads and our bodies were full of new energies and experiences, shared with the many human beings we met during the last couple of years on the road. We’ve learned so much recently, we couldn’t wait. We wrote fast songs, and we recorded them quickly. This was made possible by two important factors: 1) we were all on the same page. We all knew where we wanted to bring this record, we didn’t argue about anything – maybe because we didn’t have the time, maybe because we didn’t need to. 2) our headquarters studio was finally functional:an old warehouse in our hometown, packed with all the gear we’ve collected through 20 years of touring and trying things out. We only needed to pick things from the shelves, plug them in and crank them to the maximum. Everything was already in our hands. We got to integrate acoustic instruments,large and unusual rooms, and old, dusty gear. The whole thrift store.
We hired Scott Evans – Recording (La Dispute, Thrice, Neurosis), Tom Dalgety – Mix (Ghost, Tiger Cub, Pixies) and Robin Schmidt – Mastering (The Hives, Yungblud) – the exact same team that worked with us on Odd Love. We knew what we wanted, and we already trusted them to achieve it. They captured and translated with remarkable transparency and punch the urgency and rawness we were looking for in these performances.*Ben Chisholm (Chelsea Wolfe, The Armed)*** honored us by contributing additional production and overdubs, making sure we explored the full potential of every song.
This is the first album we wrote with a bass player involved from the very beginning of the songwriting process.Kevin Galland’s thick sound and sharp ears allowed us to explore something we had never really dared before:a classic four-piece lineup. Sometimes it takes a long journey and countless detours to naturally come back to the simplest ideas.We’re thankful for this new opportunity, and deeply honored and humbled by everything that’s happening to us. We are a group of lucky humans sitting on a big pile of privileges. To grow older together and keep this band alive is all we ask for. We try our best to make it meaningful by turning it into an honest reflection of the world around us. We see a sad world losing hope, and we choose to respond with electricity and sweat. We want to keep sharing that energy, so that not everything we love gets destroyed.
About Coilguns:
Initially coming from the DIY hardcore scene, Coilguns have since then crafted their very own blend of punk and ecstatic noise-rock. They are known for their raw, uncompromising and euphoric live performances, proudly serving the dancing freaks and the crowd-surfing weirdos.The band history is deeply bound to the development of guitarist Jona Nido’s own label – Humus Records – that now gathers up to 170 releases from Swiss artists of all sonic horizons. Though most of their first albums were 100% self-produced, engineered and mixed by the band members, Coilguns drove in the summer of 2022 to end-of-the-world’s Oceansound Recordings in Norway with producer Scott Evans to track their fourth studio album, later mixed by Grammy-nominated producer Tom Dalgety. Released in November 2024, the album marked a turning point for the band and led to their most extensive touring cycle to date, with over 85 shows played worldwide in 2025.
Stoked by this unexpected exposure, the band couldn’t wait to write and record a fifth album, and managed to sneak it in between tours.
Tour dates:
2026
25.11 – Utrecht, NL – DB’s
26.11 – Brussels, B – La Source
27.11 – Gent, B – Klub 9030
28.11 – Antwerp, B – Trix
29.11 – Tilburg, NL – Little Devil
2.12 – Köln, DE – Bumann & Sohn
3.12 – Hannover, DE – Bei Chez Heinz
4.12 – Hamburg, DE – Hafenklang
5.12 – Berlin, DE – Urban Spree
6.12 – Münich, DE – Import Export
12.12 – Lausanne, CH – Le Romandie – Release Party SOLD OUT
13.12 – Lausanne, CH – Le Romandie – Release Party NEW
2027
13.02 – Annecy, F – Le Brise Glace
28.02 – Brighton, UK – Green Door Store
01.03 – London, UK – Moth Club
03.03 – Nottingham, UK – The Angel
04.03 – Birkenhead, UK – Future Yard
05.03 – Glasgow, UK – Stereo
06.03 – Newcastle, UK – Lubber Fiend
07.03 – Manchester, UK – SOUP
14.03 – Madrid, ES – Wurlitzer Ballroom
16.03 – Lisbon, PT – Casa Capitao
17.03 – Porto, PT – Ferro Bar
18.03 – Vigo, ES – Master Club
19.03 – Bilbao, ES – Bilborock
Tickets: https://coilguns.ch/tour
Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well