Horror (Bartees Strange album)

Horror
Studio album by Bartees Strange
Released	February 14, 2025 (2025-02-14)
Length	42:14
Label	4AD
Producer	Bartees Strange Jack Antonoff Jake Bowman Dave Cerminara Chris Connors notcharles Graham Richman Lawrence Rothman Yves Rothman Spencer Stewart Subp Yao
Bartees Strange chronology
Farm to Table (2022) Horror (2025)

Horror is the third studio album by American musician Bartees Strange. It was released by 4AD on February 14, 2025, and was met with positive critical reception.

Composition

Horror was co-produced by Jack Antonoff.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	88/100
Review scores
Source	Rating
Clash	8/10
The Line of Best Fit	7/10
PopMatters	9/10
Under the Radar	9/10
The Skinny

According to the review aggregator Metacritic, Horror received "universal acclaim" based on a weighted average score of 88 out of 100 from 6 critic scores. It received positive reviews from PopMatters, The Line of Best Fit, Clash, Under the Radar, and The Skinny.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Too Much"	Bartees Cox Graham Richman	Bartees Strange Jack Antonoff Richman	3:34
2.	"Hit It Quit It"	Cox Richman	Strange Jake Bowman Lawrence Rothman Yves Rothman	2:39
3.	"Sober"	Cox Steph Marziano	Strange Antonoff L. Rothman Y. Rothman	3:41
4.	"Baltimore"	Cox	Strange	4:05
5.	"Lie 95"	Cox Kacy Hill Charles Franklin Thompson	Strange notcharles	2:41
6.	"Wants Needs"	Cox Marziano	Strange Connors Antonoff	4:58
7.	"Lovers"	Cox	Strange Dave Cerminara Subp Yao	3:54
8.	"Doomsday Buttercup"	Cox	Strange Antonoff	2:47
9.	"17"	Cox Marziano	Strange Antonoff L. Rothman Y. Rothman	3:50
10.	"Loop Defenders"	Cox Marziano	Strange Connors	3:28
11.	"Norf Gun"	Cox Andre Gainey Vonne Parks	Strange Bowman Spencer Stewart	3:00
12.	"Backseat Banton"	Cox Marziano	Strange Connors Antonoff	3:31
Total length:				42:14

Personnel

Musicians

• Bartees Strange – vocals (all tracks), bass guitar (tracks 1, 2, 7, 10, 12), programming (1, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12), acoustic guitar (3–5, 8), piano (6), electric guitar (9)
• Graham Richman – piano (tracks 1–3, 9, 12), programming (1, 5, 7, 12), synthesizer (6, 7, 10)
• Victor Indrizzo – drums (tracks 1, 2, 9)
• Jack Antonoff – drums (tracks 1, 6), acoustic guitar (3), programming (6, 8), bass guitar (8), synthesizer (9), piano (12)
• Daniel Kleederman – electric guitar (tracks 3, 4, 6, 9)
• Chris Connors – acoustic guitar (track 3), bass guitar (4, 9), programming (10)
• Jordyn Blakely – drums (tracks 3, 6, 10, 12)
• John Daise – bass guitar (tracks 3, 6)
• Zem Audu – saxophone (tracks 3, 8)
• Joe Kennedy – bass guitar (track 3)
• Sara Galdes – drums (track 4)
• Christina Lieberson – piano (track 4)
• Bobby Hawk – strings (tracks 5, 9)
• Notcharles – bass guitar, programming (track 5)
• Charles Gibbs – vocals (track 5)
• Kacy Hill – vocals (track 5)
• Dave Cerminara – programming (track 7)
• Subp Yao – programming (track 7)
• Sam Dew – vocals (track 8)
• Homer Steinweiss – drums (track 10)
• Spencer Stewart – bass guitar (track 11)
• Jake Bowman – synthesizer (track 11)

Technical

• Ruairi O'Flaherty – mastering
• Andrew Scheps – mixing (tracks 1–11)
• Don Godwin – mixing (track 12)
• Chris Connors – engineering (tracks 1–3, 6, 9, 10)
• Lawrence Rothman – engineering (tracks 1–3, 6, 9)
• Jesse Newport – engineering (tracks 1–3, 8)
• Laura Sisk – engineering (tracks 1, 3, 6, 8, 9, 12)
• Oli Jacobs – engineering (tracks 1, 3, 6, 8, 9, 12)
• Jack Antonoff – engineering (tracks 1, 6, 8, 9, 12)
• Nancy Conforti – engineering (tracks 2, 6, 10)
• John Brooks – engineering (tracks 3, 6, 10)
• Vishal Nayak – engineering (track 4)
• Bartees Strange – engineering (tracks 5, 7–12)
• Notcharles – engineering (track 5)
• Dave Cerminara – engineering (track 7)
• Jake Bowman – engineering (track 11)
• Spencer Stewart – engineering (track 11)