Hard-won sobriety has its advantages, especially when it’s practiced as a couple. For LAPêCHE’s Dave and Krista Holly Diem, clearing their heads has equated to clearing the creative decks, allowing them to explore new sonic vistas with a renewed clarity and focus.
The subversively melodic Autotelic (Tiny Engines) overhauls their rugged Brooklyn DIY aesthetic with lethally precise rhythms and power chords, airtight excursions into ramped-up shoegaze and synth-washed art rock, and shimmery shades of female-fronted college rock. This time, they have ample help from producer Alex Newport (At the Drive-In, Mars Volta), tracking the album in Joshua Tree, California, with guitarists Drew DeMaio and new drummer Colin Brooks (Samiam).

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