To Repel Ghosts the debut album from Mexico City's Howless is instantly familiar, particularly to those of a certain vintage, like me for starters. It locates the spot where The Cure first decided that they actually might fancy Killing an Arab and Siouxsie & the Banshees started pretending they were from the Middle East rather than London's suburbia.
It's all highly derivative and probably best suited for those who have never quite got the inner-Goth DNA out of their bloodstream when it probably left mine at at some point in 1984. It's definitely a good record that should tick boxes for those who go for that stuff.
If that doesn't entirely float your boat then it's still worth a listen if only to play spot the influence with music fans of a similar age to myself. I noticed In Between Days, early Cocteau Twins, Bauhaus, The Mission and Sisters of Mercy and then gave up as it was never the best developed section of my record lane. One to pop on next time you fancy rattling some chains around the living room..
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