DOUR’s “Rudiments” offers a stark shoegazin’ post punk dive into inner conflict, control, and the distortion of self in a system-designed world

Released on January 18, 2025, Rudiments by Vancouver’s Dour is a raw and deliberately uneasy introduction to a band that resists comfort and clarity. The three-track EP—Laugh, Call, and Mundies—functions less as a statement of arrival than a fractured …