Bauhaus – In The Flat Field (E/E) – LP, EU 2018

In The Flat Field is an LP by Bauhaus from 2018 released on the 4AD label.

About this album

In The Flat Field is Bauhaus’s stark and influential debut, a record that helped define goth rock by pushing post-punk into bleak, dramatic territory. Released in 1980, it matched Peter Murphy’s theatrical baritone and the band’s art-school tension with abrasive guitars, restless bass and claustrophobic momentum. The album’s intensity made it a touchstone for dark alternative music, with songs such as Double Dare and Stigmata Martyr showing how noise, dread and performance could be fused into something strikingly original. Its reputation has only grown as one of the key statements of the early gothic era.

Genre: Punk & Alternative