Album Info

Skying (Bonus Track Version)

Alternative - 2011

The Horrors started out as a dark, noise-encrusted version of Britain’s latest take on the goth-punk of the Cramps and... more

Tracklist

1

Changing the Rain

4:31 min
2

You Said

4:46 min
3

I Can See Through You

4:17 min
4

Endless Blue

5:10 min
5

Dive In

4:51 min
6

Still Life

5:21 min
7

Wild Eyed

4:04 min
8

Moving Further Away

8:34 min
9

Monica Gems

4:28 min
10

Oceans Burning

7:50 min
11

Wild Eyed (Andrew Weatherall Remix) [Bonus Track]

7:13 min

About Skying (Bonus Track Version)

The Horrors started out as a dark, noise-encrusted version of Britain’s latest take on the goth-punk of the Cramps and Joy Division (which we loved, even when confronted with the band’s costumy get-up), and have morphed into something quite spectacular: a smart bunch of guys — led by Faris Badwan — who filter the greats of decades past into something new and exciting. 2009’s Primary Colours smoothed things out a bit, toying with Krautrock and ‘80s alt rock, while retaining an interesting edge and delivering strong songs. Here, Faris and company fully embrace the decade of shoulder pads and hairspray — Echo & The Bunnymen, Simple Minds, and the “Madchester” scene all come to mind — but they have an inexplicable ability to reinvent rather than ape. “I Can See Through You” and “Still Life” have all the rapturous melodrama of Simple Minds — soaring, shimmering synths, and an irresistible “la la la” chorus on the former and crowd-swaying melancholy on the latter. But on tunes like the psychedelic mini-epic “Moving Further Away” and the glinting “Endless Blue,” with its gloriously serrated guitars, the organic and natural genius of the Horrors is quite evident.