the horrors - classic or dud

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.

I hadnt checked them out since "Primary Colours", which I really liked a the time. The new stuff sounds nice, refers to a lot of my personal hall-of-famers and yet it all sounds so slight. A weird feeling that despite the fact that I *should* like this, it just seems very pointless

classic hair