This week Meagan delves into the discography of The Horrors.
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Setlist:
EP #1: The Horrors AKA We Are the Horrors (released 2006)
Crawdaddy Simone (cover) OV: The Syndicate from their album On the Horizon in 1963
Death at the Chapel
First album: Strange House (released 2007)
Single: Sheena is a Parasite
Request - Little Victories (request from Meg McIntire)
My choice (non-single): Count in Fives
Second album: Primary Colors (released 2009)
Request - Scarlet Fields (request from Greg Peters)
My choice: Who Can Say
Other Single: Sea Within a Sea
Third album: Skying (2011)
Single: I Can See You
My choice: Endless Blue
Inspirations:
CAN - Vitamin C (from Ege Bamyasi, 1972)
Portishead - Strangers (3rd track off of the album Dummy) (1994)
The Jesus Lizard - Thumbscrews (album title is Shot)
Toy - Reasons Why (from eponymously titled debut album, 2012)
Fourth album: Luminous (2014)
Single: So Now You Know
My choice: Change Your Mind
Non-single: Falling Star
Other Single: I See You
Fifth album: V (2017)
Selected single: Machine
Additional single: Something to Remember Me By
Side projects:
Let’s Eat Grandma - Hot Pink (2018) co-written and co-produced by Faris Badwan and SOPHIE, from the album titled I’m All Ears
spoken break
Hercules and Love Affair - Controller feat. Faris Badwan (2017) from the album titled Omnion
MIEN - (I’m Tired of) Western Shouting (2018), (single) from the album also titled MIEN
Cat’s Eyes - Chameleon Queen, from the album titled Treasure House (2016)
Tom Furse - A Journey in Ecstasy (Edit), from the album titled Ecstatic Meditations
Second and third EPs
Lout (released March 2021)
Against the Blade (released November 2021)
Live performance of Sea Within a Sea at the Royal Albert Hall in 2019 for the 10th anniversary of Primary Colours
NEW SINGLE: The Silence that Remains (released 2024) only track out so far: The Silence That Remains (for which there is a music video) X
Upcoming sixth album: Night Life, slated for release on March 25th, 2025
Track lineup for Night Life, per Pitchfork:
01 Ariel
02 Silent Sister
03 The Silence That Remains
04 Trial by Fire
05 The Feeling Is Gone
06 Lotus Eater
07 More Than Life
08 When the Rhythm Breaks
09 LA Runaway
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The Horrors are
Faris Badwan *
Joshua Hayward *
Rhys Webb *
New members are
Amelia Kidd - keyboards and vocals
Jordan Cook - drums (formerly of Telegram)
Former Horrors are
Tom Furse
Joe Spurgeon
