La Luz "Weirdo Shrine" Halloween 2024 Stax guitarist Steve Cropper

Stax guitarist Steve Cropper

guitarist and frontman of Rancid

The Love Still Held Me Near was born out of unimaginable loss and the subsequent journey through the grief and heartache that followed

and in April 1971 in the United Kingdom

This edition was mastered especially for vinyl

La Luz "Weirdo Shrine" Halloween 2024 Stax guitarist Steve CropperFor most, a brush with death would be cause for retreat, reflection, and reluctance, but Seattle band La Luz found something different in it: resilience. Having survived a high speed highway collision shortly after releasing their 2013 debut LP It's Alive, La Luz, despite lasting trauma, returned to touring with a frequency and tirelessness that put their peers to shame. Over the past year and a half of performing, the band arrived at a greater