"...Here Attrition truly establish their presense. Martin Bowes' voice swoops, growls and soars above relentless aching rythmns, synthesisers and hard edged electronics, as well as guitars and drums, and contrasts with the females voices of Julia which echo and seduce in the mix. The songs skirmish all kinds of subjects: passion, sex, life and death, the remnants of religion; a kind of post-modernist gothic approach! But these aren't morbid workouts, this is dark pop that'll have you dancing on a knife-edge with a manic grin..."  Stride magazine - UK - 1993

Originally released in 1993 on Hyperium records in Germany, and a few years later on Martin Atkins Invisible records in the States...
The Hidden Agenda  was a breakthrough album for ATTRITION and contains some of their best known work...from the club hits ‘Lip Sync' and ‘Mercy Machine'...live favourites to this day...to the dark ambience of ‘The Cage' ...perhaps better known as the bands own recording studio for the past 15 years.....to the electic cover of Elvis's ‘His latest Flame'...
With cover artwork from English artist Mark Lomax,  the album has been totally re-mastered by main man Martin Bowes and this edition includes 3 extra tracks from the Lip Sync CD single...

"...with a sound pushing that little bit further, Hidden Agenda carries on from where their last album, 'A Tricky Business' left off. ..The dead pan morning after vocals are there, providing that lovely counterpoint to Julie's hot diva voice. ‘Lip Sync'  is a prowling techno beat kind of affair, along the lines of recent Clock Dva...other tracks carry that Sisters' circa Floodland feel, such as on 'Mercy machine', and  'Deadline'. The up-tempo beat cools down for a while, with 'This great design', 'The Third house' & 'A wing and a prayer'..., easing back into the beat with heaps of rhythmn and guitar... A huge album and a great progression.
Atomic - UK - 1993