Playing what the four-piece instrumental group calls “post-Midwest mathcore,” Southpaw tears it up with its metal-adjacent sound, but without all the yelling. The avoidance of words is “probably because no human voice could keep up with [the band’s] insane chord and tempo changes and riffs.” The pair of electric guitars are played by Nate Pykkonen and Isaac Smith. Dalton Hanson is on bass and Nate Rendiluch holds down the drums. Southpaw’s 2023 album Finally was awarded Best Album in the Duluth Reader’s annual poll.