Bauhaus / Mask (Black Vinyl)
Description
More sonically robust and viscerally aggressive than their self titled debut, 1981āsĀ MaskĀ finds Bauhaus securing their claim on the dark sonic territory that groups like The Birthday Party and Joy Division had explored before them. ThoughĀ MaskĀ introduces a few new sounds into Bauhausā palette, the razor thin guitar racket, and flat mechanistic beats of their debutĀ In The Flat FieldĀ remain largely intact. NonethelessĀ MaskĀ marked a major step forward for Bauhaus; though their general approach had changed little, onĀ MaskĀ Bauhaus seemed to realize that they could graft their ludicrously gloomy aesthetic onto hip-shaking dance rhythms. The results can be seen on tracks like the sinuous āHair of The Dogā which stomps like glam and shakes like disco, while the swinging groove of āIn Fear of Fearā contrasts sharply, but pleasurably with Peter Murphyās somnolent wail, to create a sound that was, at the time, entirely unfamiliar to pop audiences. Though the stylistic blueprint that Bauhaus hewed out withĀ MaskĀ would eventually be unforgivably mangled by legions of second rate imitators, one can still revisit this album with fresh ears and recognize it for the triumph that it undoubtedly is.
TRACKLIST
SIDE A
1. Hair Of The Dog
2. Passion Of Lovers
3. Of Lillies And Remains
4. Dancing
5. Hollow Hills
SIDE B
1. Kick In The Eye 2
2. In Fear Of Fear
3. Muscle In Plastic
4. The Man With The X-Ray Eyes
5. Mask
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