SOUTH coast goth-punks Creeper will call in at Weymouth as part of their tour which coincides with the release of their new EP The Stranger.

The Stranger follows the critically acclaimed The Callous Heart’EP, which is now entirely sold-out on vinyl.

In addition to the success of ‘The Callous Heart’ EP, Creeper's highlights of 2015 included tours with Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes, The Misfits, Funeral For A Friend, Moose Blood and Twin Atlantic; and they also burst onto the festival circuit at Download, the Vans Warped Tour UK, 2000 Trees, Hevy and Camden Rocks.

Produced by Neil Kennedy at The Ranch, The Stranger immediately establishes a theatrical air of foreboding with the mood-setting opener The Secret Society.

The band’s love of The Misfits, Alkaline Trio and The Damned is very much in evidence throughout the pop-punk attack of Valentine, while their inherent sense of energy is infused with the spirits of Meat Loaf and Jim Steinman in Black Mass.

The EP’s closing two tracks really highlight the band’s growing maturity and versatility: Misery Is stripped back to a soul-baring vocal/guitar duet before exploding into its climactic finale, and the mid-section of Astral Projection focuses on Gould’s impassioned delivery before a final race to the finish line.

Guitarist Sina Nemati has decided to leave the band in order to concentrate on his sound engineering career in London while in his place comes guitarist Oliver Burdett, while band’s live keyboardist Hannah Greenwood, who also played on The Callous Heart, joins the ranks as Creeper’s sixth full-time member.

They join a band that vocalist Will Gould and guitarist Ian Miles formed from the fading embers of cult hardcore favourites Our Time Down Here.

The line-up is completed by bassist Sean Scott and drummer Dan Bratton.

Creeper play at Finns, Weymouth, on February 20.

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