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Primarily a solo vehicle for
Foo Fighters and
Sunny Day Real Estate bassist
Nate Mendel,
Lieutenant make passionate, melodic modern rock. Looking for another outlet to showcase his songwriting, vocals, and guitar skills,
Mendel began using down time between
Foo Fighters engagements to record his ideas with
Shins and
Modest Mouse drummer
Joe Plummer. The project developed over time, and in 2015
Mendel released
Lieutenant's debut album,
If I Kill This Thing We're All Going to Eat for a Week, on Dine Alone Records. Produced by longtime
Melvins associate producer/keyboardist
Toshi Kasai, the album also featured contributions from fellow
Foo Fighter Chris Shiflett,
Sunny Day Real Estate's
Jeremy Enigk,
Helmet's
Page Hamilton, and
Head and the Heart's
Josiah Johnson. ~ Matt Collar