Give People What They Want in Lethal Doses

VINYL FORMAT. CHALLENGER, which features Milemarker's backbone and main creative forces, Al Burian and Dave Laney, is no mere project or one-off, but rather an entirely new group that builds upon Mikemarker's intensity, yet offers something wholly different. Reminiscent of the abrasive and pummeling energy of bands such as Husker Du and Sonic Youth, Challenger songs are non-stop, scratchy, fuzzed out affairs of speed driven post-punk. But Challenger refuses to lose itself just to keep pace with its meaty bursts; they provide a generous roadmap of melody buried within the scrawl. And they're totally refining the classic guitar-determined origins of American indie music in the process.