Cover of Bauhaus Go Away White
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For fans of bauhaus, lovers of gothic rock and post-punk, listeners interested in music comeback albums and dark atmospheres.
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THE REVIEW

Finally, here is the new Album by Bauhaus, who had stopped producing new music since '83. But doubts are not lacking. And unfortunately, I would add.

Very intimate, but strangely not very engaging. The distorted sounds and atmospheres (if we can talk about atmospheres) with a powerful and pressing bass, don't even make your hair stand on end... In some ways almost electronic and in others too sterile, it finds slight style in "Zikir" (closing track), which can be compared to the splendid "Bela Lugosi's Dead", but that does not even remotely reach the dark and chilling inclination of the latter. Strange background noises that neither add nor take away anything simply pass unnoticed by the listener's ears, except in ONE case (in track 7 "Mirrors Remains", in addition to the various background discussions of the band, you can hear Kevin coughing... really strange... really annoying).

Maybe it's just me not having understood anything about this new and apparently final CD, but if "In The Flat Field" shocks for the beauty and agony of the melodies, this one also leaves you shocked, but... because there is nothing inside it that can truly move you.

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Bauhaus' 'Go Away White' marks their first new album since 1983, but it struggles to engage listeners. The album's distorted sounds and powerful bass tones feel sterile and lack emotion. While the closing track 'Zikir' recalls earlier works, it doesn't capture the band's iconic dark spirit. Overall, the album fails to move and disappoints long-time fans.

Tracklist Lyrics Videos

01   Too Much 21st Century (03:53)

02   Adrenalin (05:39)

it'll take you to the top
and out to the edge
shoot up needles through your blood
lay ice under your sledge

shift, crank, pull
shift, crank, pull
adrenaline, adrenaline

shift, crank, adrenaline

it'll put you through your paces
kickstart your heart
push you to the limit
make the finish just the start

shift, crank, pull
shift, crank, pull
shift, crank, pull
adrenaline

a-a-a-drenaline, adrenaline
a-a-a-drenaline, adrenaline

it'll save the life of a junkie
closing on death
counteract the poison
give him back his breath

shift, shift, crank, pull
shift, crank, pull
shift, crank, pull
adrenaline

a-a-a-drenaline, woah-ohhhh
a-a-a-drenaline, a-a-a-adrenaline

pushing flesh and marrow
kicking bone and blood
boosting up the cell count
as the burning bodies flood

adrenaline, adrenaline
shift, crank, pull
shift, crank, pull

a-a-a-drenaline, shift, crank
a-a-a-drenaline, pull
a-a-a-drenaline, adrenaline

03   Undone (04:46)

04   International Bullet Proof Talent (04:02)

05   Endless Summer of the Damned (04:44)

06   Saved (06:27)

07   Mirror Remains (04:58)

08   Black Stone Heart (04:32)

09   The Dog's a Vapour (06:49)

10   Zikir (03:10)

11   Endless Summer of the Damned (live) (04:00)

Bauhaus

Bauhaus are an English band from Northampton widely associated with gothic rock and post-punk, noted for Peter Murphy’s theatrical vocal style and influential early releases such as “Bela Lugosi’s Dead” and the album “In the Flat Field.”
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By malley8

 Some say it sounds like Peter Murphy's solo work more than Bauhaus as a band.

 If it really will be the 'farewell' album... I think they leave us well.