Though Bauhaus plans to disband again soon, they offer us first their supposedly final album, which just happens to be one of their best. The legendary Peter Murphy and co. are in top form on Go Away White, which is very much in keeping with their discordant, Bowie-inspired, glammed out, gothic strain of post-punk that opened the door for an entire generation of musicians and music-lovers alike. Go Away White boasts one of the most theatrically creepy and profound Bauhaus creations, “The Dog’s A Vapour”—as vampiric as they, or any other band for that matter, could possibly become. The song is rife with rip-at-your-soul guitars, Vincent Price-esque vocals, and a feeling of barely restrained chaos that ascends to a maddening height. “Adrenalin” displays the sort of serrated, beat-driven punk only Bauhaus can achieve, as Murphy’s deepened vocals turn into raw screams that hark back to “Stigmata Martyr.”

By Amy Dupcak