Bartees Strange releases his new album Horror, a rich tapestry of a record about facing your fears and growing to become someone to be feared, out now.
Strange was raised on fear. His family told him scary stories to teach life lessons, and at an early age, he started watching 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 began at Strange’s home studio with an eye toward production. A session with Yves and Lawrence Rothman provided a rhythmic and sonic backbone for chunks of the record. After Strange met Jack Antonoff and the pair became fast friends, Antonoff began work on Horror. Throughout the record, Strange lays down one difficult truth after another, all over a sonic pastiche of music that soundtracked his childhood.
Earlier this week Bartees released the final glimpse into the record, ‘Backseat Banton’ serves as a closing statement for Horror’s shadow essay – Banton meaning storyteller in Caribbean mythology. Earlier this week Bartees performed the new single on Jimmy Kimmel Live, watch below!
Stream / download Horror here.
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