“Mountains of Grief, Life is a Game” — Winnipeg's Tired Cossack Releases Wintry Post-Punk LP “Zima” — Post-Punk.com

Winnipeg artist Tired Cossack (Stephen Levko Halas) has released ZIMA, his third full-length album that channels the bone-deep cold of prairie winter into sound. The record blends cold-wave, post-punk, grunge, shoegaze, and Ukrainian folk influences into an authentic, bruised sonic landscape that feels lived-in rather than derivative.