Foo Fighters' Nate Mendel pulls rank with side-project

By Scott Munro
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He'll launch Lieutenant debut album If I Kill This Thing We’re All Going To Eat For A Week in March

Foo Fighters bassist Nate Mendel is gearing up to launch the debit album from side-project Lieutenant, he’s revealed.

He performs vocal and guitar duties on If I Kill This Thing We’re All Going To Eat For A Week, which appears via Dine Alone Music on March 10.

Mendel is joined on the record by Helmet’s Page Hamilton, Modest Mouse’s Joe Plumber and Head And The Heart’s Josiash Johnson. It features guest appearances from Foos bandmate Chris Shiflett and Jeremy Enigk from Mendel’s other band Sunny Day Real Estate.

If I Kill This Thing… is currently available to pre-order in a variety of bundles, including t-shirt packages and orange vinyl. Mendel has released a stream of album track _Rattled _– hear it below. Mendel returns to the UK with the Foo Fighters in May.

Tracklist

  1. Belle Epoque 2. The Place You Wanna Go 3. Believe The Squalor 4. Rattled 5. Prepared Remarks 6. Some Remove 7. Sink Sand 8. Artificial Limbs 9. Lift The Sheet

Scott Munro
Scott Munro
Louder e-commerce editor

Scott has spent more than 30 years in newspapers, magazines and online as an editor, production editor, sub-editor, designer, writer and reviewer. Scott joined our news desk in the summer of 2014 before moving to the e-commerce team in 2020. Scott maintains Louder’s buyer’s guides, scouts out the best deals for music fans and reviews headphones, speakers, books and more. He's written more than 11,000 articles across Louder, Classic Rock, Metal Hammer and Prog and has previous written for publications including IGN, the Sunday Mirror, Daily Record and The Herald, covering everything from daily news and weekly features, to video games, travel and whisky. Scott's favourite bands are Fields Of The Nephilim, The Cure, New Model Army, All About Eve, The Mission, Cocteau Twins, Drab Majesty, Marillion and Rush.