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The Horrors - Strange House
- Sure, at first look, The Horrors look like a cross between the Beatles and Marilyn Manson; shaggy haircuts with English accents clad in tight black pants and make up applied better than any woman. If Sid and Nancy had a posse, it would surely resemble The Horrors. But this band is certainly not a prissy group. According to the band’s website, their music can be described as “psychotic sounds for freaks and weirdos.”
A run through of their latest album, Strange House, confirms that. The reader is instantly teleported to a gothic rave with ear bleeding guitars and a sinister sounding harp that adds a deathly element to The Horrors. One can tell that the amplifiers are smoking at a concert. The vocalist's sound is similar to that of a manic Marilyn Manson. Think, The Killers being invaded by bratty 70s punk rockers and an 80s hair band, simultaneously.
The album offers chants that could get a mosh pit going. With track titles like “Jack the Ripper,” “Draw Japan” and “Sheena is a Parasite,” one can only guess what they are in for when they pop in Strange House.
It should be listened to at least once, since it sounds like nothing else ever heard. If a listener is brave enough to go on a zany Horrors roller coaster ride, check out the new release.
Reviewer: Courtney Thompson
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Reviewer's Rating: 7
Reader's Rating: 9.00
Reader's Votes: 1
Added: 21-Apr-2007
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