The Horrors

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Back in Black: The Goth Revival
Report and Interview by Dave Simpson, The Guardian, 29 September 2006
THE FAVERSHAM, a pub close to Leeds University, is a brightly decorated bar, popular with lawyers and office workers. But a couple of decades ago ...
Profile and Interview by James Medd, Independent on Sunday, 18 February 2007
They came out of nowhere (well, Southend) and then suddenly they were everywhere. Now, with a full-length album to back up their formidable haircuts, James ...
The Horrors: Strange House (Loog) ****
Review by Paul Moody, Uncut, April 2007
SHOCK HORROR! SOUTHEND GOTHS' REMORSELESS FIRST ...
The Horrors: Primary Colours (XL)
Review by Dorian Lynskey, The Guardian, 1 May 2009
THEY LIVE! Left for dead after a hype overdose two years ago, Southend's ghost-train garage-rockers have risen again with a second album so daring and ...
The Horrors: How To Survive On The Outside
Interview by Nick Hasted, The Independent, 5 June 2009
Author's note: This is the full, unedited version of the piece that appeared in The Independent ...
The Horrors: Academy 3, Manchester
Live Review by Dave Simpson, The Guardian, 18 June 2011
THE HORRORS are true pop chameleons. ...
The Horrors: Skying (XL Recordings)
Review by Mike Diver, bbc.co.uk, July 2011
THE HORRORS know all about deceptive appearances. Their mid-00s emergence saw the music press in a lather, hype peaking with inevitable derision creeping forth from ...
The Horrors: Skying/Ganglians: Still Living/Wooden Shjips: West
Review by Rob Hughes, The Word, September 2011
Three of the planet's most diffident, messy and murky indie bands throw open the doors and let the pop stream in. ...
The Horrors: The Roundhouse, London
Live Review by John Robb, Rock's Backpages, October 2011
ONLY THOSE WITH tin ears have been "surprised" by The Horrorssonic muscle. On account of their youth and subscription to textbook Goth aesthetics, they were ...
Live Review by Stevie Chick, The Guardian, 12 July 2017
PREVIEWING THEIR NEW ALBUM V, the gothic hipsters hint at a life beyond the record-nerd crowd, mixing in throbbing electronics to lighter-waving effect. ...
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