SHRIVE (Leach)

Greg Aramini
Sep 1
3 min read

Released: 2025

Genre: Sludge, Noise

Sounds Like: Unsane, Young Widows

Homeland: Minnesota

What makes Leach to Entry elite and sit atop OHMs Peak?

SHRIVE have pummeled their way into our rotation with their blend of Unsane-like hardcore and psychedelic sludge.
The vocals display a sense of guttural despair, perfectly aligned .with the music.
Although on EP, do not sleep on this one. Leach is a beautiful onslaught chaos and psychedlia.

Track Listing:

Faceless 4:20
Comfortable Haze 6:08
Targeted Sleeper 4:51
Leech 5:56

Dive deeper into Leach with our Q&A with SHRIVE.

OHMs Peak: Wow…we are absolutely floored with Leach and its math and noise rock brilliance. Tell us more about SHRIVE and how the band formed. Did the three of you come from previous project we should be aware of?

SHRIVE: We've all been playing in weird and heavy bands around the Twin Cities for over a decade now - Morality Crisis, Nerves and Kostnatění for example - and have frequently played shows together. A couple of years ago we all ended up in the same practice space and after a few beers and a few jam sessions started writing the music on this EP.

OHMs Peak: Albeit an EP, Leach is start to finish absolutely epic. Such heartfelt angst and layered texture. Take us through your song writing process and how the concept of Leach came together.

SHRIVE: Songs typically start as a singular guitar riff which we use as a jumping-off point for the band to work around. With each song we focus on finding an interesting structure with less emphasis on writing a "perfect" piece of music and more emphasis on experimentation.

OHMs Peak: What are your touring plans to promote the album? Have you strayed much from the Minnesota area? What is collectively the band’s favorite live performance that we can seek out in the archives?

SHRIVE: No touring plans in the immediate future. Our dickhead drummer had to go off and have a kid (she's amazing, unlike her Dad) so we need to be home by midnight.

OHMs Peak: What band NOT in the noise rock, krautrock genre would you love to tour with that would most compliment your sound?

SHRIVE: YHWH Nailgun is making future music -- it sounds like 2025.

OHMs Peak: ‘Targeted Sleeper’ is all consuming for us. So many moving parts, unique fretwork and change-ups. Tell us more about the creation and background behind this track.

SHRIVE: Target Sleeper actually started with less than a full riff. Sam was messing around a new pedal which Chris heard from the hallway, sat down at the drums and started jamming. Kyle's bass brought focus to the jam, which shifts between different time signatures for the first half. The overall theme is one of an amphetamine-fueled psychosis. There's also an homage to an early 2000's "alt" rock band in one of the riffs. If you hear it, shoot us an email and if you are right, we will send you a free shirt.

Lyricly the song is about driving through an endless, empty highway of billboards in your dreams, every night.

OHMs Peak: Shrive is stranded on an island with only a solar powered turntable and majestic powered solar blue tooth speakers. The band collectively can only choose one album. Which album to you agree to?

SHRIVE: We had a spirited debate about this and landed on Portishead's Roseland NYC Live. A perfect 10/10 album.

SHRIVE are:

Sam Lewis - Guitar/Vocals

Kyle Caspers - Bass

Chris Woznicki - Drums

Follow SHRIVE: Bandcamp / Instagram