SURPRISE!!

THE HORRORS ARE FUCKING AWESOME!!

I DIDN'T LIKE THEM WHEN THEY SHOWED UP A FEW YEARS AGO.

NOT BECAUSE OF THE FASHION THING OR ANYTHING. OR THE HAIR.

I JUST DIDN'T REALLY DIG THEIR FIRST RECORD.

THAT CHRIS CUNNINGHAM DIRECTED VIDEO (HE WAS INVOLVED IN

PRODUCING THIS RECORD AS WELL) WITH SAMANTHA MORTON IN IT

WAS TOTALLY RAD, BUT OTHER THAN THAT I WASN'T THAT EXCITED.

CUT TO NOW...

THEIR NEW RECORD PRIMARY COLOURS IS OUT NOW

AND IT IS REALLY GOOD.

SURE, IT COULD BE CALLED HEY WE TOTALLY GOT SOME

JESUS & MARY CHAIN, MY BLOODY VALENTINE,

CAN AND SPACEMEN 3 RECORDS, BUT

THAT DOESN'T MAKE THOSE INFLUENCES ANY LESS

EXPERTLY INCORPORATED.

AND NOT TO MAKE THIS BLOG TOO NICK CAVE/BIRTHDAY PARTY-

CENTERED, BUT THIS NEW STUFF HAS MORE THAN A FEW

MOMENTS THAT NOD TO ROLAND S HOWARD AND THE GANG

LIKE WHEN FARIS ROTTER SINGS AN EXCERPT OF "SHE CRIED"

(ORIGINALLY BY JAY & THE AMERICANS, BUT COVERED BY ROLAND -

AND THE HORRORS DEFINITELY SEEM MORE LIKELY TO BE

REFERENCING HIS THAN THE ORIGINAL) IN THE MIDDLE OF THE

PSYCHEDELIC FURS-VIBE-HAVING SECOND SINGLE "WHO CAN SAY"

SMART CHOICES SEEM TO HAVE PLAYED A BIG ROLE IN THIS SUDDEN

SOPHISTICATED TURN. GEOFF BARROW, OF PORTISHEAD, PRODUCED

THIS RECORD (ALONG WITH CUNNINGHAM). THE FIRST TWO PROMO

VIDEOS FOR THE RECORD WERE BOTH DIRECTED BY JESUS & MARY

CHAIN FOUNDER DOUGLAS HART. HE HAS DIRECTED SO MANY AMAZING

VIDEOS (FOR MY BLOODY VALENTINE, PRIMAL SCREAM, THE LIBERTINES

AND MORE). SMART CHOICES.

THE VIDEO UP THERE IS FOR "SEA WITHIN A SEA"

THERE ARE A BUNCH OF REALLY GOOD OTHER SONGS

ON THE RECORD. "I CAN'T CONTROL MYSELF", "WHO CAN SAY",

"SCARLET FIELDS"

PRETTY MUCH THE WHOLE RECORD IS WORTH CHECKING OUT.

FOR REAL