You can’t help but picture a grotesque and rotting haunted house when you hear the psychedelic sounds of F INGERS’s Hide Before Dinner. All the songs revolve around the narrative of a dark and haunted childhood. F INGERS’s bandcamp pins it as a “relatable suburban gothic”. This is the band’s first release with London label Blackest Ever Black, and FINGERS certainly brings a childlike perspective to typical horror movie scenes portrayed in each song.

There is slasher-movie-esque suspense in the building electronic sounds, particularly in “Tantrum Time”. It seems as though at any moment a ghost could jump out and evoke the screams of the singer. The erratic noise pop sounds used in “Useless Treasure” bring up mental images of a kid clumsily running away from a pursuing ghoul.

“Blissful Cubby House” is the only break from the disturbing we get. It is a moment of solemnity made tangible, almost as if you’re the kid sitting criss cross applesauce in this treehouse thinking over, for the first time, what it means to grow up. The monotone echoes of lead singer Carla dal Forno’s voice feel reminiscent of the numbness that comes with being a teenager. So perhaps, this is just as disturbing as the other songs after all.

This album isn’t something you have playing in the background while you’re doing homework. It is an experience. You are brought back to spooky childhood experiences just by listening to it. “Escape into the Bushes” is that moment on Halloween night when you find yourself suddenly alone on a dimly lit suburban street completely empty of any other trick-or-treaters. Its just too bad this album came out September 4th and not a few days earlier.