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TRAITRS
HORSES IN THE ABATTOIR (ORANGE VINYL)
Vinyl LP

Item no. :MET1320V Barcode :0782388132015 Artist :TRAITRS Product type :Vinyl LP Label :METROPOLIS RECORDS Release Date :07 November 2025
 
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2025 version! Released on Metropolis Records contains updated artwork on limited edition orange coloured vinyl with original track listing.

Based in Toronto, TRAITRS was formed in 2015 by Sean-Patrick Nolan and Shawn Tucker. With a cinematic blend of post-punk, goth, alternative and post-rock, their emotive melodies, propulsive rhythms, angular guitars, and dark cinematic electronics quickly led to the duo becoming one of the dark music scene's fastest rising independent artists.

In November 2021 the band released 'Horses In the Abattoir'. A turbulent, atmospheric, and enthralling album, which Sean-Patrick Nolan described to post-punk.com: "To me this whole record is about passing time and aging; the frailty and impermanence of existence. How everything we know and love exists briefly before disappearing into nothing. This record covers a wide emotional spectrum from the beautiful to the horrific, overwhelming strength to heartbreaking vulnerability..."

Shawn Tucker said "The theme of the record pulls heavily from the title: taking something innocent and beautiful and ending its life for no reason. In retrospect, 'Horses' captures the darkest period of our entire lives and that hurt bleeds out all over the record. I can definitely say we are still the same band, but certainly not the same inside ourselves... I'm very proud of this record. It's our best work to date, hands down, our post-depression record."

1. Sea Howl
2. Mouth Poisons
3. Prostitution
4. Magdalene
5. Oh, Ballerina
6. TV Hours
7. All Living Hearts Betrayed
8. From This Old Mirror
9. Ghost and the Storm
10. Last Winter
11. The Way Through A Bird's Love