The Horrors - Primary Colours: CD/LP
Not to be confused with the In The Red garage band, this Horrors are from the UK, and, boy, can you tell. Their last effort, "Strange House," took a while to grow on me, and was quite different than "Primary…" It had this Cramps meets Birthday Party feel to it, but done in a garagey way. Turned out to be quite good.
"Primary…" however, ups the ante on the goth by drenching their sound with a whole lot of Bauhaus and equal parts late ’80s shoegaze. You can definitely still hear the Cramps bubbling underneath and that early Nick Cave timbre hasn’t been completely covered in Peter Murphy.
Another plus is that "Primary…" is oddly bright and kind uv…up. And while I like their last effort, this one is definitely a little more realized and their own, regardless of wearing their influences on their sleeves.
