Strange House
- 艺人
- The Horrors
- 语种
- 英语
- 厂牌
- Loog
- 发行时间
- 2007年03月05日
- 专辑类别
- 录音室专辑
专辑介绍
by Heather Phares
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.
热门评论
- @香蕉LOGO：这支乐队我很中意，我来评价一下吧 这是他们的第一张专辑 出来就名声大噪 话说后面的两张捧的人更多 但我想说 之所以听后面的人多是他们火了 其实这张才是他们的杰作 这张还是好的后朋 才是噪音。。。。。往后是在转变 做音乐的不求上进 只求变 但忠实的歌迷只喜欢他们继续创作经典的那段。。。。。 Crawdaddy Simone 还有这首其实也不错 是更早的EP
最新简评（共30条）
- @_、品茗聽雪(素莲 淡菊 腊梅香)：
- @蓝，深蓝(I do not car...)：~
- @扎扎~(网易/BC: Breat...)：封面hhh
- @小太阳(Bye bye wx n...)：听了后几张丝毫不为所动，没想到第一张开口爱。
- @livogrild(听到喜欢的歌 身体不跟着...)：听不来
- @zzzzhzyj( )：还是最爱这张
- @BruNoize(食色性也 )：收
- @1PoundPizza：听了一年多来来去去都是第一张，但是第一张确是最少人听的。。。。。。
- @heatheatbomb(暂无签名~)：这张最棒
- @pixie_alma(p_alma)：Jack the Ripper这首是Peter Gunn Theme的节奏？？