the horrors - classic or dud

LIKE KANYE

It's a really good song, is what people are ignoring :P

(And the fact is, the best things about it have nothing to do with Can, and a helluva lot to do with uh er Portishead lolz)

So they've done a better job aping Can than they did the Cramps. Big deal.

I'm not even sure they have done a better job - both albums come off to me as well-intentioned but less than the sum of their parts. (And yeah I don't think it's a *flagrant* rip of any of these people but my point is it's all record collection rock or music critic rock or whatever you call it.)

it's all record collection rock or music critic rock or whatever you call it.

sometimes this stuff is good though, idk, im not prescriptive. it's usually music critics/blogtards who have a problem with 'music critic rock' n'est ce pas.

Sea Within A Sea is immense but I don't really feel any compulsion to listen to any of the other tracks to see what they are like.

The Can rip in particular was pretty much alarms goin off I thought, but all that aside I think the best I say is...it's nice...I wouldn't say it sucks. I just can not muster any enthusiasm for these dudes.

NB I'm still butthurt that everyone pays attention to these dudes when there was already a better Horrors.

sometimes this stuff is good though, idk, im not prescriptive. it's usually music critics/blogtards who have a problem with 'music critic rock' n'est ce pas.

Oh me too, some of my favourite bands etc etc - just sayin is all

also bear in mind that this is exactly the type of band i wouldn't have given the time of day to until i heard the new music with my own ears

like i said on the other thread, "i only think of you" and "new ice age" are stormers, up there with "sea within a sea"

I have listened to this album at least 20 times in the last week...

give or take

new record sounds like the stone roses with a hangover. i don't think the world is quite ready for a baggy shoegaze revival.

I've not heard the whole album but someone sent me the opening track and, aside from some vaguely MBV guitar oscillation it's just goth, isn't it? Doomy vocals and nasty snare sound. But didn't MBV come from a nasty goth background? The Stone Roses certainly did, following on from what horses said above.

But didn't MBV come from a nasty goth background?

Not exactly?

the stone roses with a hangover

bahahahaha

Any further opinions on this?

My opinion - best British indie rock record of the last five years. I know that isn't saying much mind you.

All these Can comparisons, I think are overblown. The rest of the album sounds more like Magazine playing in Joy Division's studio.

on acid?

The rest of the album sounds like the Psychedelic Furs playing in White Lies' studio.

This is actually pretty good. I'm impressed.

I listened to it once through...thought it definitely had its moments, but couldn't really decide. Was planning to listen again, soon.

woowwwww this new record came out of left field. They're first one is one of the worst albums I've ever bought, I sold it the day after I bought it.

this new is incredible. just hit me.

Me having a mutter with Tom of said band.

i love this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EOPIi4Q3lM

amazingly, this really has ended up one of the better albums of the year.

haven't seen any discussion about the 'cat's eyes' faris badwan side project, listening to the EP on spotify now, one of the tracks is a little broadcast-y

http://thehorrors.co.uk/

Simple Minds. That's disappointing.

Well, fuck.
I liked the last one a lot, but mostly as a precursor to more of it, more refined "it".
Not "this".

Who knew their career path would become that of the Delays.

it doesn't sound good, but maybe there'll be a cool video or naked album cover to balance things out

Cynic.

Cynic >>> The Horrors

"Skying" is a pretty dismal title. It's just hard to say, isn't it. "Skylarking", sure. "Skykicking", why not. But "Skying", well there you go.

(I'll probably still get this, though)

Uh eww. Hope this song's an anomaly. I liked the gazey 80s vibe on the last one. I liked the scuzzy garage goth feel on the first one, really.

http://thehorrors.co.uk/images/TheHorrorsSkying.jpg

that video is cringeworthy and embarassing. gothgaze? i dont know what the fuck any more.

Sea Within A Sea is still just such a great bit of music, right?

Any love for the side project Cat's Eyes with Faris and Rachel Zeffira? New album "Treaure House" is evocative of Broadcast with a kraut twist ("Names on the Mountains") and Shangri-Las ("Drag") with other 60s influences and elements from Rachel's classical background. Highly recommended.

Well credit to them, they never seem to stay in the same place. Their new song is a full on exultant 80s synth-pop anthem.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e38KoYlHDTA

I like this band

in ghost colours

surprised by how nice that is

Never really listened to them before but enjoying the new album. Definite Cut Copy vibes

Last track is awesome.

cat's eyes are wickedly underrated...probably should check out the horrors i guess

Enjoyably bland

Out.

The album's quite good and ending it on "Something To Remember Me By" is a smart touch. They are protean in a good way -- I remember seeing ads for their first album ten years back and while they haven't become avant-garde experimentalists or anything, they have a knack for setting their mind to try certain things that work more often than not, and they're definitely not the band they were. At their best they suggest a slight -- I emphasize slight -- equivalent to early to mid 80s Cure/Siouxsie in a key sense: trying different things within their pop form just to see if they can make it work. Very much looking forward to whenever the next tour might be -- they're only playing NYC for now.