Executioner’s Mask is the dark post-punk child of three unlikely suspects: Jay Gambit of the noise metal unit Crowhurst providing vocals, Ryan Wilson from the legendary Howling Void lending both guitar and drum programming and LACE and Cop Warmth’s Craig Mickle handles even more guitar. Offering a modern take on the classic blueprints set by bands like AFI, The Sisters Of Mercy and Red Lorry, Yellow Lorry. 
 The band exploded with their Profound Lore Records debut ‘Despair Anthems’ which was praised by artists from Leviathan’s Jef Whitehead to The Mountain Goats’ John Darnielle for its potent songwriting and stark execution. This was followed by the dreamy ‘Winterlong’ and it’s two hours of remixes by members of Full Of Hell, Deafheaven, Xiu Xiu and a litany of others. Stripping each song down to its essence over three blisteringly hot days in Houston, TX, ‘…Almost There’ is dark shoegaze at it's most snarling, noisy and suffocating. The songs are visualized through the unflinchingly raw illustrations of Gerald Scarfe (Pink Floyd, Disney's Hercules) and refined through production by Anthony Sanchez (Burning Glass Records), Jeff Zeigler (Nothing, Knifeplay) and Jack Endino (Mark Lanegan, Soundgarden, Dwarves).