''Fiendish'' is the first album (previous album '' Friction'' isn't considered official by the band) released by composer

Phideaux Xavier Phideaux Xavier (born Scott Riggs; January 14, 1963) is an American television director, and composer of modern technological music that he describes as 'psychedelic progressive gothic rock', who grew up near New York City but now lives in Lo ...

. In 2002, Phideaux began to work with Gabriel Moffat, on a series of new demos. He got back together with drummer Rich Hutchins and recorded songs for what would become the album ''Fiendish''. The finished work was described by Phideaux as "progressive space folk". The longest track, "Soundblast," took its lyrics from a leaflet dropped over Japan shortly after the detonation of the Little Boy atomic bomb at

Hiroshima is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture in Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 1,199,391. The gross domestic product (GDP) in Greater Hiroshima, Hiroshima Urban Employment Area, was US$61.3 billion as of 2010. Kazumi Matsui h ...

. This album was released in 2003, despite 2004 being referred to as the copyright year on the artwork.

Tracks

#"Fragment" (04:12) #"Animal Games" (03:30) #"100 Mg" (03:12) #"100 Coda" (02:24) #"Hellphone" (02:10) #"Little Monster" (05:12) #"Headstones" (04:15) #"Fiendish" (02:59) #"Vultures & Mosquitoes" (04:18) #"Soundblast" (07:17) #"Space Brother" (05:23) Phideaux Xavier albums 2003 albums {{2003-rock-album-stub