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Strange House [VINYL]

The Horrors | Format: Vinyl
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The Horrors make their eagerly awaited return with the release of a new album on XL Recordings on the 11th of July 2011.

‘Skying’, self-produced and recorded in The Horrors’ own self built studio in London’s Dalston, was mixed by Grammy Award winner Craig Silvey. It features ten brand new tracks and includes the forthcoming single ‘Still Life’, also released on 11th of July. ‘Skying’ is the band’s… Read more in Amazon's Horrors Store

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  • Vinyl (5 Mar 2007)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Polydor Group
  • ASIN: B000MV9NLO
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 364,697 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Amazon.co.uk Review

Ghoulish dandies clad in jeans so tight they should barely accommodate a skeletal femur, much early discussion of Southend's The Horrors has revolved around their look, not their music. Pleasing to note, then, that their debut album, Strange House, is actually pretty exceptional. Part sinister Cramps-style gothic rockabilly and part organ-fuelled '60s psychedelia, delivered at a nervy post-Libertines rattle, you'd be lying if you were to venture these eleven tracks were especially original. But The Horrors can certainly whip up a chilling enough atmosphere, mostly due to the cadaverous bark of frontman Faris Rotter and the humming organ riffs of Spider Webb. Their haywire cover of 'Jack The Ripper' by Screaming Lord Such is a deliciously morbid revival, but it's not the only judicious feat of musical grave-robbing: debut single 'Sheena Is A Parasite' draws not just title but breathless brevity from The Ramones' 'Sheena Is A Punk Rocker', while 'Excellent Choice' offers up a spoken-word tale with a grisly ending, a la the Velvet Underground’s 'The Gift'. All in all, it'll shake your bones. --Louis Pattison

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Ed Wood would... 6 Mar 2007
Format:Audio CD
This is EXACTLY what the youth of today need - escapist fun from Southend's finest gothabilly misfits. Forget all your regular indie kid nonsense - it's time for The Horrors to 'stake' their claim right through the heart of the listening teenagers out there. Referencing 'alternative' (as it used to be called) bands that should have disbanded years before this band was even born, they bring a malevolent sense of fun back into pop - and a long-missed overdose of make up and hair products. Think The Cramps meets The Damned meets John Cooper Clarke meets Eighties Matchbox B Line Disaster meets Bauhaus meets L'Oreal. And why? Because they are worth it.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
A fun, noisy blast! 9 Jun 2007
Format:Audio CD
The Horrors come across like a cross between early Birthday Party and mid-period Damned with a hint of Radio Birdman thrown in. No doubt many will slag them off since they're young and cute but neither necessarily makes musicians worthless.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
WELL SOLID 24 Feb 2008
Format:Audio CD
this is a fantastic album.
after the first listen you may dissmiss it as a gothic mess, but after a couple of listens and closer inspection of the lyrics you'll find that even the most fickle indie or pop purists will find somethind appealing in the cackling guitars or stabbed organ.

a great fun album.

not genius, but if you thought it would be you're looking at the wrong band altogther
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Unlistenable!!!
I bought this for a friend who is a big fan of The Horrors. Unfortunately, it's not my cup of tea - depressing music at its worst!
Published 12 months ago by J. Knight
strange boys
this is a great debut album. reminds me of the gloomy batcave period even if I must say that batcave bands could barely play a note: instead of these five gorgeous, gothic and very... Read more
Published 18 months ago by ligeia
Marvelous
This is a great record. Music this wonderful is hard to find these days. Buy it.
Published 18 months ago by monikafoglia
Used to hate it, now I love it
So what if they are taking the piss with the black clothes, dyed hair and all that? I bought this album and listened to about 3 songs before putting it in a draw for about a year,... Read more
Published on 23 May 2009 by Slow Club Scott
New Values
Thank God for the Horrors !!! At long last a young British band that are more influenced by the GUN CLUB and D.A.F than the bloody BEATLES !
Published on 24 April 2009 by Penthouse Pet
Yeah, but they're not very good are they...
If you have ever heard the band The Birthday Party or Bauhaus, The Horrors will irritate you intensely. The Horrors are all image, no content of any kind whatsoever. Read more
Published on 30 May 2008 by Ed Phillips
Trying too hard.
I wanted to like this i really did. But its boring and down right dull. Trying too hard to be scary. The whole image and everything is manufactured. Read more
Published on 19 Dec 2007 by Geogry boy
Yuk!
poor poor album. Havnt given 1 star before but this is tame boring stuff. As stated in the press a much inferior rip off of the great Eighties Matchbox B-line Disaster. Read more
Published on 14 Dec 2007 by Mrs. C. J. haywood
Not a Horror!Not A Classic
I always think that people are over generous with the star rating they give albums on this site! The Horrors album 'strange house' is by no means a classic! Read more
Published on 10 Nov 2007 by L. porter
I got the Horrors
I was really hoping they'd be as good as they look and in fact they are better. Great obscure cover version of Screaming Lord Sutch track. Ace keyoards and guitar. Read more
Published on 23 Mar 2007 by Howard Change
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