Sanguivore

For their latest third full studio album, lsquoSanguivorersquo, UK fivepiece Creeper made a blood pact to give full rein to those things that truly define them to take a flaming torch to the more dimly lit recesses of frontman Will Gouldrsquos everfertile mind.Result 40plus minutes of music combining the grandiose and the epic with the punk rock spirit that has been a cornerstone of the Creeper sound since their 2017 debut a ripped leather jacket wrapped in a plush velvet cloak ndash a cloak lined in red satin, of course.Drawing inspiration from folklore and myth, the more shadowy side of popular culture, Creeper have staked out a space that is their own a misty world of gothic imagery and dark romance, of crypts and castle ruins, the unrequited and the undead ndash a world where love comes at a price and beauty smiles with sharpened teeth.From opening statement lsquoFurther Than Foreverrsquo, a nineminute, multilayered tourdeforce sure to put a smile on the face of the late Jim Steinman, through to closer lsquoSpook And Mercyrsquo, a latenight tale of lsquolittle Mercyrsquo and her ravenous exploits, lsquoSanguivorersquo is a hugely ambitious, loosely conceptual journey through the glorious and the graphic.