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The Horrors - Primary Colours

June 4th, 2009

It’s no surprise that The Horrors’ ‘Primary Colours’ is the frothing-at-the-mouth critical hit of the year so far. It does, after all, quarry all the influences music journalists traditionally cream their jeans over – drums by Neu!, guitars by My Bloody Valentine, vocals by The Psychedelic Furs – in such a way that allows the deployment of words rock scribes love to use, such as ‘motorik’, ‘lysergic’ and ‘dronescapes’ (although only The Oberver saw fit to use the phrase “meta-textual frisson”).

This album could be no more critically adored were it to be penned by Dylan, produced by Kevin Shields, and topped off with a guest spot by Roky Erickson of the 13th Floor Elevators. As it is, it’s produced by Portishead’s Geoff Barrow, who surely deserves much of the credit for turning the band’s ramshackle live sound into something so unutterably sleek and exhilarating.

Taken from nme.com

The Horrors - “Who Can Say”

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