Album review: The Horrors, Skying

By The Newsroom
Published 10th Jul 2011, 17:39 BST
Updated 10th Jul 2011, 17:50 BST
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Mild and inoffensive, it is difficult to figure out where The Horrors took the inspiration for the band's name.

Irony I suppose. Faris Badwin's understated vocal presence does have charm, with Dive In and Oceans Burning delicate and drowsy in their seduction.

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Eighties' synths leave a mark on most of the record, most noticeably on Still Life and I Can See Through You, the latter's phrasing recalling Bowie's Boys Keep Swinging.

Like its influences, this is bigger on synthetics than any real soul.

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This article was first published in Scotland On Sunday, 10 July, 2011