The Horrors: Primary Colours

See! See I told you, new music.

A lot of bands try to grow up the 2nd time they release an album. Sometimes that works, and sometimes that sucks in the worst possible way. The last Horrors album, "Strange House", & the E.P. before that were collections of ( for the most part ) short, loud garage punk. Which I love. Granted there were a bunch of covers but all in all a pretty good start. I would have been fine with more of the same minus the organ grinder + better production. This album is nothing like that. With guys like Chris Cunningham producing you know you're in for something cool. The video he directed for "Sheena is a Parasite" is honestly one of the coolest music videos since his work for Aphex Twin.




As much as I love that sound, it's nice to see a band try their hand at growing up and coming up with something that blows away any expectations you could have had. Supposedly recorded in a studio with no windows, "Primary Colours" has a lot more in common with Bauhaus, JAMC in places, or early My Bloody valentine. Which I also love. Sea Within a Sea is a long, drone-y, psychedelic thing that I absolutely did not expect from them. "Who Can Say" is more upbeat but in keeping with the overall shift in direction to something a little more melodic:



That's all I should have to say, either you're in at that point or you're out. You can stream the whole thing and judge for yourself.

- Coop