thread for CREEPER

I'm a johnny-lately on these guys because I totally missed the first album, but Sex, Death & the Infinite Void is one of my very favorite albums of the year. I have gone back to the first one too, which is good. But honestly I love the goth-glam arena rock pomp of the new one. And the tunes are just killer from front to back.

On the one hand it seems sort of deeply unfashionable, which I guess makes sense given that they've all been kicking around for a while. But if there's a demand for an MCR reunion, then maybe their timing is fine.

Anyway, it's exactly the kind of glammy doomy tuneful pop-punk whatever agglomeration that is like tailor-made to hit many of my musical sweet spots. AND the new album has Patricia Morrison doing some kind of angel-demon role play with Will Gould in hilariously po-faced spoken word bits straight outta Steinman.

Good band!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guIcbvCFe30

brad and I and others love these clowns

I slightly prefer the debut still but the 2nd album is growing on me. they should be 10000x bigger than they currently are

I'd love to see them live, it seems like it would be a fun show.

I also watched an interview with Gould and Ian Miles about Miles' psychotic breakdown last year — pretty extreme stuff, but it seems like Gould and the rest of the band handled it with great care.

"napalm girls" is a great way to lead off this thread

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5aStVfudNQ

this is my favorite song off the first record easy, wish there were more songs like this in the world

that pop-punk shit -> powerhouse chorus

gets me every time

Yeah it’s a winning combo. One thing I like about them is their unironic fluency in those kinds of big rock moves.

the opening lyrics to Annabelle made me lol (but in a good way!)

Annabelle
We're both going to hell
You're gonna love the clientele
Cheap rent and the climate's swell

I also like the little girl whispering "God has left the building" on that song. They have a (very British) knack for combining archness and earnestness.

for people who missed the sound of creeper's first record, will gould has a side project for you (though I wish they hadn't named themselves the same thing as that one witch house act lol):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWQvLBPoeHQ

Nice. Likable interview about that here: https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/creepers-will-gould-on-new-band-salem-interview-2763285

I also like the little girl whispering "God has left the building" on that song. They have a (very British) knack for combining archness and earnestness.

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that's funny because i had a thought when listening to this record just now that they feel like an emo arctic monkeys

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ1Ot-bNCW4

new song from upcoming ep american noir lmao never change creeper

yes it's a creeper song lol, they are in a lane of one at this point

because the night belongs to Creeper?

new album is the emo/goth bat out of hell

sold

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8mtjGWJ1Ck

this is fun for sure. good october album

Enjoying this! Not as strong on tunes as the last one imo, but still tons of hooks and I dig the pomp-metal ridiculousness of it all. Delivered with a straight face, as good Goth should be.