Skying by The Horrors (Record, 2011)

Beggars Group / Xl

0634904053918

12052223485

2010s

2011

Record

Studio Recording

Pop, Alternative, Rock

Album

Shoegaze

The Horrors

Skying

Integral/Cinram Novum

10

England

The Horrors change gears again on Skying, adding elements of post-punk and baggy to their swirling sounds.

4 stars out of 5 -- "Richer, heavier, more lustrous than PRIMARY COLOURS, this is the band left to their own devices, shut away from the outside world, writing and playing their version of pop...", 4 stars out of 5 -- "It's the eight-minute closer, 'Oceans Burning,' that captures The Horrors in full effect....The Horrors have come of age.", 4 stars out of 5 -- "It's clear-eyed quality that persists throughout, no matter how hard the music works to disorientate and disturb....This isn't blissed-out dream-pop but a beautiful Twin Peaks-style nightmare.", "Both Badwan's voice and the band's production have made some strides here: He sounds surer behind the microphone than ever, and the band's guitars and synths are frequently smoothed of shrieks into one great blur...", "Whether Patient and Brooding or Brash and Immediate, Skying Is Constantly Elevating.", Ranked #6 in Uncut's '50 Best Albums Of 2011' -- "Songs reminiscent, in many places, of Simple Minds in their aesthetic pomp.", "They add expansive synthscapes and subtle brass arrangements to the art-rock gravitas of 2009's PRIMARY COLOURS, teasing out a poppier take on Primal Scream."

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