Skying
The Horrors tone down the experiments of Primary Colours for a record with obvious stylistic debts and impeccable taste.
Continuing one of the rapidest musical evolutions in recent memory, The Horrors’ third album finds them so far removed from their Strange House, Edward Gorey goth-punk beginnings that they’re completely unrecognizable. Building on 2009’s career-making Primary Colours, Skying is painted in even broader, blurrier…
Skying boasts a song called “Moving Further Away,” and that’s exactly what the Horrors do on their third album.
On their third album, Skying, The Horrors have completely shed all the goth trappings that originally defined them.
In 2006, they arrived. Pipe thin limbs and clad in black, welcomed to a sea of sycophantic press knocked head over heels by what they saw. Image reigned, and they looked just right.
<p>The Horrors' third album could well be the feelgood pop album of the summer, writes <strong>Kitty Empire</strong></p>
Skying’s sound is derived more from the jangle and hum of ’80s Cure and ’90s My Bloody Valentine than ’60s anything.
You don't have to play spot the influences to enjoy the Horrors' new album, writes <strong>Dorian Lynskey</strong>