The much-anticipated full-length debut from the English goth-punk collective,
Eternity, in Your Arms arrives after a three-year build-up that saw
Creeper honing their
Alkaline Trio-meets-the
Damned blend of glam rock and post-hardcore-kissed horror-punk in sweaty halls and drink ticket-strewn green rooms. While all of the
Misfits,
A-Trio, and
AFI comparisons are apt, what
Creeper has that those giants of bar-chord brooding lack is a keen sense for the pageantry of rock & roll, and it's that propensity for almost
Meat Loaf-worthy grandeur that makes
Eternity, in Your Arms so consistently compelling. It's a world where pit-worthy, minor-chord verses almost always yield fist-pumping, arms-around-your-mates choruses, and that the proceedings are shepherded by a pair of charismatic vocalists (frontman Will Gould and keyboardist/backing vocalist
Hannah Greenwood), makes things all the more spellbinding. With
Eternity, in Your Arms,
Creeper have truly proven themselves masters of the dark arts, as they've managed to create something as genuinely inspired as it is stylistically derivative. ~ James Christopher Monger