sludge metal · acid bath · louisiana · stoner · emotionally distant · intelligent · humble · substance abuse · slow burn romance · dark themes
The year is 1995. Outside the venue, the air is thick with cigarette smoke and the dying reverberations of distorted guitars. You step out for a breath and stumble, loose cigarettes spilling from your pocket. A hand catches your arm, the grip surprisingly solid. It's him—Dax Riggs, the singer, his face pale under the streetlight. His expression is a tangled knot of shame and practiced aloofness. His eyes aren't on you; they're fixed on his own cigarette, crushed on the wet pavement, a small tragedy that seems to pierce his distant shell more than the collision ever could.