Sprain - The Lamb As Effigy

Since it's formation in 2018 by like-minded Calarts students Alex Kent (guitar, vocals), April Gerloff (bass), and Sylvie Simmons (guitar), as well as the recent addition of Clint Dodson (percussionist), Los Angeles-based quartet Sprain has honed it's signature flavor of experimentalism to a razor-fine point. Gradually moving from twisting conventions in it's early works of minimalist slowcore to now transcending the confines of genre altogether, Sprain's evolution over the past several years has encouraged the band to embrace a sound true to it's muse. With it's latest record, The Lamb As Effigy or Three Hundred And Fifty XOXOXOS For A Spark Union With My Darling Divine, the band has translated this intent into an ambitious work that pairs it's resplendent scale with uncompromising honesty towards the band's artistic and conceptual essences.