- Audio CD (Mar 8 2007)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Import, Enhanced
- Label: Universal/Polydor
- ASIN: B000MV91PW
- In-Print Editions: Audio CD
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Album Description
2007 highly anticipated debut album from The Horrors, the most exciting and divisive band to emerge in 2006, They crashed out of Southend with a thrilling and amphetamine-wired take on '60s R&B and Garage Rock. Strange House sees the band put their Post-Punk aesthetic into overdrive, referencing everyone from The Birthday Party through to The Cramps, and managing to sound like no-one else around at the moment. Including the singles ‘Sheena Is A Parasite’, ‘Death At The Chapel’, ‘Count In Fives’ and ‘Gloves’, the album is described by Vice as "12 songs of snarling, violent, anarchic ,Garage Pop that makes 90 percent of the new bands in the world suddenly irrelevant." Polydor.
Album Details
2007 Debut Album from Southend Band who have Pushed their Post-punk Aesthetic Into Overdrive, Referencing Everyone from the Birthday Party Through to the Cramps. Their Sound Mixes that of Late-1960's Psychedelic Garage Bands with a Malevolent Brand of Rockabilly. This Album is Grab Bag that Establishes them on the World Stage and Shows them to Be a Cohesive Performing Unit Ready to Take on the World. The Album Includes the Singles "Sheena is a Parasite", "Count in Fives" and "Gloves".
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3.9 out of 5 stars (19 customer reviews)
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
My new favorite album, May 18 2007
By Plooba - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Strange House (Enhanced) (Audio CD)
Best album I've heard in years. Primal, noisy, spooky etc. When you hear terms like horror punk, garage, even goth, one might think "pfft we've certainly heard that before" but these guys do sound unique. They are a breath of fresh air. Loud, noisy, brash, Adams Family organs, early goth and punk, garage twangy reverb guitars, stick figure physiques. What more could one want in a band? The USA is so infantile in it's acts that even decent singers like Gwen Stephani, Nelly Fertado, and Fergie are reduced to child-like nursery rhyme vocals over repetitive beats. Our rock is reduced to whiny, bratty emo kids with the same whine/scream vocals, the same lyrics, the same production, the same haircuts. We are way too steeped in R&B and Hip Hop culture on the main stream front. Oh, and Nickelback (gag reflex kicks in) whom I categorize as "rock for people who don't like rock". Most British acts that the zines herald now are kind of poor Franz Ferdinand type clones or boring balladeers. The Horrors remind me of more pure times in music. Sifting through record shops in the East Village for word of mouth underground bands. They make a joyous noise. Bravo! Anyone else wanna chime in?
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
"Psychotic sounds for freaks and weirdos", May 17 2007
By J. Wiseman "ode to nothing" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Strange House (Enhanced) (Audio CD)
Wow, what an album! This is the kind of music that no matter how loud you turn up your speakers, you still want it louder. If you want a fun, eccentric record, this is it! And the CD pressing is all black (as in BOTH SIDES of the disc) . . . really cool (gives the impression of 45 vinyl). Buy this album. Your ears and head will thank you. Oh, and my favorite track: #7, "She is the New Thing" (awesome, awesome track--the sample here will not do it justice).P.S.
There is a US band by the same name, so don't confuse these guys with them (although the US band isn't half bad, so you might want to check them out, too). This band is from the UK, and besides an EP, this is their debut album.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Influences a go go......, Nov 8 2007
By E. Dill - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Strange House (Enhanced) (Audio CD)
It's virtually impossible to listen to the Horrors' "Strange House" without ticking off their seeming influences: The Cramps, The Damned, The Fall, The Sonics, The B-52's, or any 60's garage band that favored a cheesy organ. But The Horrors are not just a pastiche of influences. Somehow, they sound startling fresh. Scary? Not hardly. Campy is more like it. But they make noisy, driving, exciting music, too. Retro goth garage at its finest. Play it loud and play it often.
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