New album by the Horrors out today....

I have to say, they're still shamelessly derivative, but I'm still kinda diggin' this.

the horrors - classic or dud

I really should listen to this, I loved Sea Within A Sea or whatever its called, but I just can't find myself caring enough to find it.

It's totally derivative, and I guess that is why I didn't connect with it on first spin.

But the second time, I really dug it.

i like it mostly for the production, it sounds great. the songs mostly seem ok to me, but mostly as excuses for all those bizarro washes and swoops (courtesy i assume of geoff barrow).

agreein with tipsy. wish the singer was interesting or had some kind of ability to come up with memorable vocal melodies.

Is "Who Can Say" the single? It should be, since it was the only song that grabbed my attention on the new album. (For those whistly seagull-flocking synth hooks, mainly. And the deadpan spoken word part over guitar buzz, I guess. Etc.) I wanted to get into the whole album (liked their EP okay a few years ago, and they seem cheesy in a cute way), but couldn't.

it's pretty good, nothing special, but by no means something that won't have short-term staying power

lol faint praise

Listened to both that first e.p. and the full debut today, and enjoyed both considerably. Will pick up the new one shortly.

"RIPPAH.... JACK THA RIPPAH!

This album is better than LJ's faint praise indicates, I think, and the closing number "Sea Within a Sea" is pretty amazing. Interesting textures production-wise throughout, for which I suppose we can thank Geoff Barrow's input.

The final track *is* amazing, yes. Not disputing that, not at all.

*REALLY* quite different from Strange House.

Love the first track. It's very 'Chameleons playing Isn't Anything on acid' isn't it.

Love it so much it's taken me 2 minutes to realise that Spotify has played it a second time.

Really, really digging "New Ice Age", which seems to be a track not so beloved of the reviewers. It and the two long ones are the album's pinnacle imo

Listening to a few tracks from Primary Colours and they're not really grabbing me at the moment. I hear the easy reference points (JD, JAMC, MBV and anything generally post-punk/goth) but it's not set fire to my ears or anything. I suppose it's nice.

Oh, forgot to mention Faith/Porno-era Cure. Not a bad reference point.

Yeah, I'm still enjoying "New Ice Age," but I can see this dropping off my "must-hear" list very swiftly.