A crack of thunder. A bolt of lightning. “This is your five minute warning,” a menacing voice booms out, “there’s still time to back out…”
As the weight of the evening’s impending doom settles over the Manchester Academy crowd, one thing is evident: Creeper have come a long way from their scrappy horror punk beginnings. While 2017 debut Eternity, In Your Arms carved out a place for the Southampton rockers in the underground, Creeper have since twisted their gritty glam-punk charm into something glisteningly grandiose. And this year’s release of the dazzling Sanguivore has served as a crescendo of their goth-rock transformation, cementing Creeper’s role as the punk scene’s ultimate vampiric darlings.
