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The Horrors debut album, ‘Strange House’, is actually pretty exceptional. Part sinister Cramps-style gothic rockabilly and part organ-fueled ’60s psychedelia, delivered at a nervy post-Libertines rattle, you’d be lying if you were to venture these eleven tracks were especially original. Their haywire cover of “Jack The Ripper” by Screaming Lord Such is a deliciously morbid revival, but it’s not the only judicious feat of musical grave-robbing: debut single “Sheena Is A Parasite” draws not just title but breathless brevity from The Ramones‘ “Sheena Is A Punk Rocker”, while “Excellent Choice” offers up a spoken-word tale with a grisly ending. All in all, it’ll shake your bones.