Bartees Strange

Horror

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Bartees Strange was raised on fear. His family used scary stories to teach life lessons, and at an early age, Strange started using scary movies to practice being strong. The world can be a terrifying place, and for a young, queer, black person in rural America, that terror can be visceral. Horror is an album about facing those fears and growing to become someone to be feared. Throughout the record, Strange lays down one difficult truth after another, all over a sonic pastiche of music he loved as a kid. His dad hipped him to Parliament Funkadelic, Fleetwood Mac, Teddy Pendergrass, and Neil Young. Those influences merged with Strange’s interest in hip-hop, country, indie rock, and house, culminating in a record that feels completely original.

TRACK LISTING

Side A:
Too Much
Hit It Quit It
Sober
Baltimore
Lie 95
Wants Needs
Side B:
Lovers
Doomsday Buttercup
17
Loop Defenders
Norf Gun
Backseat Banton

Dinked Edition Bonus 7":
Side A:
Like This
Side B:
Pigs Fly

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