LP: Bauhaus, In the Flat Field
November 2nd 2008 15:43
Elsewhere, there is little doubt that Bauhaus are into gloom and the metaphysical. "Stigmata Martyr" explores religious anomoly with creepy Latin intonations, while the title track crams panicked, sometimes nonsensical phrases over a careening lick by guitarist Daniel Ash. "Where is the string that Theseus laid? / Find me out this labyrinth place," Peter Murphy howls, searching for respite from this self-induced horrow show.
Murphy may have sounded like Bowie, but his penchant to lurch from calm, spoken-word musings to full-on screaming injected energy into the debut record. Bauhaus would move quickly into more experimental realms--and much tongue-in-cheek-humor--on subsequent releases. But In the Flat Field cemented both post punk's black, bleak outlook in general and Bauhaus gothic statesmen status, specifically.
(Later reissues of the LP appended early singles such as "Telegram Sam," the T. Rex song, and the tabloid-inspired "Terror Couple Kill Colonel." Seek these out, my pals.)
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