Draft:The Wretched (song)

"The Wretched" is a song by American metalcore band Attack Attack!. It was released on January 12, 2012, as the second single from their third studio album, This Means War.

Background
The song is about abandonment. Drummer Andrew Wetzel spoke about the song with Loudwire.

""This record is about four soldiers that go off an fight a war and 'The Wretched' comes in when these guys come home to find out that everybody hates them because they're part of the machine and while they were gone, the government's full of shit and now everyone hates the government.""

Composition
"The Wretched" was written by Andrew Whiting, Andrew Wetzel, Caleb Shomo and John Holgado, while production was handled by Shomo. According to guitarist Andrew Whiting, the song was "written around the vocals."

Music video
A teaser video for "The Wretched" was released on January 10, 2012. It was officially released on January 12, and was directed by Megan Thompson. Speaking about the concept of the video, Thompson stated, "'The Wretched' is the first part of a larger story, and represents a call to arms against the frustrations facing a lot of people in today's society."

Personnel

 * Attack Attack!
 * Caleb Shomo – unclean vocals, clean vocals, producer
 * John Holgado – bass guitar
 * Andrew Wetzel – drums
 * Andrew Whiting – guitar