The Horrors - Strange House CD (2007) [Garage Rock/Punk] [FLAC]

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Artist .........:  The Horrors
Title ..........:  Strange House
Genre ..........:  Punk Rock
Style ..........:  Indie rock, Garage rock
Label ..........:  Loog
Language .......:  English
Year ...........:  2007
Catalog Number .:  1724542
Street Date ....:  03.05.2007
Release Date ...:  08.29.2018
Source .........:  CDDA
Encoder ........:  FLAC 1.3.1
Grabber ........:  EAC
Quality ........:  945 kbps / 44100 Hz / Stereo
Size ...........:  234.01 MB
Tracks .........:  11
Url: [url]https://www.thehorrors.co.uk/[/url]
T R A C K   L I S T
01.Jack The Ripper                                                 03:01
02.Count In Fives                                                  03:14
03.Draw Japan                                                      03:24
04.Gloves                                                          02:51
05.Excellent Choice                                                02:53
06.Little Victories                                                02:40
07.She Is The New Thing                                            03:22
08.Sheena Is A Parasaite                                           01:42
09.Thunderclaps                                                    03:07
10.Gil Sleeping                                                    04:51
11.A Train Roars                                                   03:58
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R E L E A S E   N O T E S
On their singles and EPs, the Horrors proved they'd done their post-punk and
freakbeat homework. With their debut album, Strange House, they push their sound
forward, distill it to its rawest essence, and give it a few funhouse mirror twists
and turns for good measure. Almost half of the songs on the album already appeared on
previous Horrors releases, but the ever-so-slightly cleaner production here gives
more definition to their black-on-black sound. The band kicks off Strange House by
revisiting their cover of Screaming Lord Sutch's "Jack the Ripper," which begins at a
zombie-slow pace, then suddenly speeds up halfway through, transforming into a
hurtling roller coaster of a song that makes a great introduction to Strange House's
mix of campy humor, energy, and menace. With its dive-bombing noise barely held
together by Faris Badwan's shouting and the faintest hint of a melody, "Sheena Is a
Parasite" is still the Horrors' best and most radical song, although several other
tracks here rival its black-hearted thrills. Once again, Spider Webb's vicious
keyboards are the band's not-so-secret weapon, especially on the fantastic, strutting
"She Is the New Thing," which blurs the line between girls and trends, flings and
boredom, with macabre flair. On Strange House's wildest tracks, the Horrors channel
their idol Joe Meek's love of wild sounds. "Thunderclaps" grafts galloping rhythms,
twangy guitars, and chanted backing vocals together, Frankenstein-style, while
"Little Victories" brandishes noisy onslaughts and turns them off just as quickly.
The very end of the album gets even weirder and more deconstructed: "Gil Sleeping"'s
woozy organs and jazzy drumming and "A Train Roars"' ominous, loping rhythms show
that the Horrors are committed to pushing the boundaries of their sound, even if
these experiments aren't quite as immediate as their more song-based work. The
Horrors are unabashedly arty and stylish, but they're a great example of the kind of
art-school band that lurks in the shadows of British rock (and of which there have
been too few in the 2000s). If you like what the Horrors do, then Strange House is an
album that can never be loud enough.
Review by Heather Phares.
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