As 2021 comes to a close

Leper is a band that has not only set the west coast on fire

shoegaze guitars and Steinberg’s intoning vocals

grey GILD AN shirt w/ black front print

This opened things up for a more powerful drummer—Anton Fier

CODEINE - The White Birch LP Minimal As 2021 comes to aWASHED UP SPLATTER VINYL. A white ship sailing in a sea of blackness, Codeines swan song arrived in 1994 amid grunges ascension to alt radios godhead status. John Engles guitar alternates between crystalline and sludge, and Stephen Immerwhars distorted bass floats on top of punishing drums from newcomer Doug Scharin (Rex, June of 44), resulting in nine perfect meditations on the loneliness and uncertainty of early adulthood. Codeines unyielding