Their most astonishing and liberating move yet.
Admirably aiming high when so many seem content to play it safe and follow the footsteps of their peers, this a wonderful rollercoaster of a record that puts Creeper way out on their own.
‘Sex, Death and the Infinite Void’ is the sound of a band picking themselves up, putting themselves back together, and going for something completely new. It’s bloody brilliant and, quite frankly, should be in many, many AOTY lists when this unusual year finally ends.
Where Eternity, In Your Arms was all grandiose riffs and dramatic tempo, Creeper’s latest offering, the rather menacingly named Sex, Death & The Infinite Void, reinvents the band with a moodier, capricious sound laced with cinematic decrepitude; their ostentatiously gothic narratives still front and centre after faking their own demise in 2018.
Like its predecessor, Sex, Death, & the Infinite Void treats naval-gazing like a spectator sport, with each death-obsessed narrative resolving into a gang-vocal crescendo of stale cigarette smoke and beer-can-crushing outsider solidarity.
Creeper deliver a near perfect record. An album which is spangled with emotional undercurrents that rise up through dark swirls.
They've been through a lot of shit, and here the Southhampton band charge into the darkness, resulting in an ambitious and nuanced album.
Creeper may lack originality, but they make up for it with ambition and sheer cheek.
Creeper take a deeper dive into their punk-laden theatrics, and are all the better for it.
A far more nuanced and layered album compared to the rest of the pop punk scene of modern days, Creeper deliver with something in the same domain as My Chemical Romance by incorporating anthemic, glammy, gothic, and emo elements that give this a denser feeling. For anyone who listened to their 2017 album Eternity, In Your Arms this progression for the band shouldn't come as a deep surprise. Many of these elements appeared on their debut, and their sophomore album merely enhances the qualities ... read more
Creepers debut showed a lot of promise but felt pretty mediocre and somewhat generic, overly dramatic and cliché at times. But it also showed hints of a theatrical sound, and this album gives up the overly dramatic and cliché feel for a more theatrical sound, that's more diverse, unique and creative. Also this is a concept album although honestly I haven't payed much attention to the lyrics to figure out what the concept is about.
The album starts out a bit lame though, the ... read more
The album just gets better and better with each song as you listen through it. Each song has a fun theme and Creeper did a job exploring some fun sounds and really good vocals.
This album is great! 16 tracks, i love the skits, the slow songs are great, they're cheesey and I shouldn't like them but I cannot help it. I like every song on this album. It makes me want to sing along to them all. The duets sound like Same Difference from X factor but still they get me! All of my friends sounds like a massive way to end the album! I am now going to book tickets to see Creeper!
Thorns of Love is so fucking food I don't understand how it's the second lowest rated song on this album like tf.
1 | Hallelujah! 0:45 | 53 |
2 | Be My End 2:38 | 85 |
3 | Born Cold 2:57 | 87 |
4 | Cyanide 3:27 | 84 |
5 | Celestial Violence 0:17 | 53 |
6 | Annabelle 3:48 | 96 |
7 | Paradise 4:02 | 81 |
8 | Poisoned Heart 3:27 | 81 |
9 | Thorns of Love 3:22 | 78 |
10 | Four Years Ago 3:25 | 74 |
11 | Holy War 0:22 | 53 |
12 | Napalm Girls 3:33 | 84 |
13 | The Crown of Life 0:06 | 47 |
14 | Black Moon 3:35 | 77 |
15 | All My Friends 2:48 Hidden Track | 87 |
#8 | / | Punktastic |
#11 | / | Gigwise |
#16 | / | Kerrang! |
#35 | / | Dork |
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/ | Alternative Press |