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- Summary: The third full-length release from Washington, D.C.-based Bartees Strange was co-produced with Jack Antonoff.
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- Record Label: 4AD
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
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Feb 12, 2025Horror is an impassioned journey, beautifully crafted and brightly euphoric.
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Feb 12, 2025Horror provides further proof that Bartees Strange is one of the key artists of this decade.
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Feb 13, 2025In grabbing a hold of fear with both hands, Bartees Strange sounds unshakeable, his singing affirmed and captivating.
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Feb 12, 2025Antonoff, enhances his co-collaborator’s foundations here: take the humming on ‘Sober’ which comes accompanied with subtle, minimal keys – the perfect backdrop to Bartees’ candid songwriting.
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Feb 12, 2025Strange’s open attitude towards collaboration benefits his music while he maintains a unique sound, an amalgamation of clear references into an entirely new shape. Horror seems to ask the listener to face themselves in the way Strange has on this record, and not everyone will be ready.
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Feb 24, 2025Horror lacks some of the DIY immediacy of Strange’s first two records. A new degree of studio polish is palpable. .... But with Antonoff’s blockbuster-coded fingerprints on the record, the hooks also go bigger than before, and Strange’s heart and fierce desire for connection bleed through.
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Feb 14, 2025Nearly every one of these 12 tracks has something to commend, but there’s a persistent inability to spin fleeting moments into a compelling song. The spectre of Yves Tumor’s solipsistic rhapsodies hangs over Horror, but painted in a timid shade.