Creeper

Sex, Death & The Infinite Void

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Genre: Alternative Rock, Gothic Rock, Pop Punk, Glam Rock.
Released: 31/07/2020

Album Review: Creeper – Sex, Death & The Infinite Void

I’ve been aware of creepers’ existence since their first album released a few years back, however I’ve never got around to listening to any of their music. I only heard about ‘Sex, Death & The Infinite Void’ on the day it released, through friends stories on instagram. So I went into this album clean not knowing a whole lot about creeper. This album really shows it’s influences, borrowing elements from David Bowie, Meat Loaf, Queen, Pulp, Oasis, T-Rex, The Cure, and seemingly many more; however creeper still manages to carve out their own unique style from this. The album tells the story of Roe and Annabelle (star-crossed lovers) in a fictional town called Calvary Falls.

After a short spoken word piece called Hallelujah, the first song on the album, and also single, ‘Be My End’ kicks in with this energetic beat that continues throughout, the chorus for this is really catchy and will stick in your head from first listening. This song does good at setting up the story that follows in the rest of the album. ‘Born cold’ follows, feeling like a song straight from My Chemical Romance’s discography, it has a great melody with a memorable chorus. These first two tracks feel very punky, which is what I was expecting from Creeper going into this.

‘Cyanide’ changes up the styles from the first two tracks, moving to feeling more like a 60s rock tune, but still having that punk energy from the first two tracks, keeping the fast moving beat and memorable hooks. This song talks about moden love and how one could obsess over it. After a short interlude, we get into the track ‘Annabelle’. Although having lyrics such as “God can’t save us” and “The world, it seems, To be ending constantly” this song maintains an upbeat track and memorable hooks.

‘Paradise’ is the first song we get on the album that isn’t a single. Slowing the album down, Will Gould tones down his voice, showing us just how much range he has. The pace is kept similar throughout ‘Poisoned Hearts’. ‘Thorns of love’ changes the style yet again with some very american feeling diner rock. Another interlude leads us into ‘Napalm Girls’, which explodes in the chorus really capturing the lyrics “She is a war in me” with its sound; It’s energetic and catchy. ‘Black Moon’ is after yet another interlude, bringing our time with Roe and Annabelle to an end. This song shows them accepting the consequences of their love.

When writing this album Creeper guitarist Ian Miles unfortunately had a psychotic episode which led to him having to be sectioned. This didn’t stop Miles working on the album, contributing to it over facetime from the psychiatric ward. This clearly had its effect on the making of this album, with the last song on the album ‘All My Friends’ being written by lead Will Gould for Miles. This song gives a nice slow end to the album. I love the hamonsation we hear between Will and Hannah on this track.

Although I find the spoken word interludes to be a bit skippable (and looking at the plays on Spotify so does everyone else), Overall there’s lots to like from this album and with such a mix of styles throughout there’s something here for a lot of people. Would recommend giving it a listen.