It used to be that bands would go many years, and sometimes decades, before its members decided to embark on solo ventures. But with the live campaign for Creeper’s impressive second album (Sex, Death & The Infinite Void, from 2020) obviated by you-know-what, some of the group’s personnel have been mining their own seams. In a way, it’s a bit like extracting the ingredients from a cake that’s already been baked. Singer Will Gould’s Alkaline Trio tinged side dish Salem shows some of things he brings to his day job. Now, with the release of Degradation, Death, Decay, we can see guitarist Ian Miles’ individual contribution to the Creeper mix. In a word: darkness. Not the performative kind, either; not the theatrical shtick that knocks ’em bandy in clubs and...