Primary Colours - Album

Beginning As A Big-Haired Black-Clad Garage Punk Outfit And Soon Morphing Into Something More Experimental The Horrors Featured Singer Faris Badwan Bassist Tom Furse Guitarist Joshua Hayward Drummer Joe Spurgeon And Keyboardist Rhys Webb. The Horrors Formed In The Summer Of 2005 And Quickly Gained Notoriety Around London For Their Look Sound And Brief But Frantic Live Shows. Loog Soon Signed Them And The Horrors Released Their Official Debut Single "Sheena Is A Parasite/Jack The Ripper " In Spring 2006. That Summer The Horrors Released Their Second Single Death At The Chapel. They Also Reissued "Sheena Is A Parasite" As A Limited-Edition DVD Single. The Song's Startling Video Was Directed By Chris Cunningham And Featured Actress Samantha Morton As Sheena. Late That Summer The Band Signed To Stolen Transmission In The U.S. And Released A Self-Titled EP That Fall. They Also Issued The Count In Fives Single In The U.K. Around That Time. The Gloves Single Arrived Early In 2007 Heralding The Release Of The Horrors' Full-Length Debut Strange House Which Arrived In The U.K. That March And In The U.S. In May. In 2008 Webb And Furse Formed The Analog Synth Project Spider & The Flies And Released The Album Something Clockwork This Way Comes. For 2009's Primary Colours The Band Worked With Cunningham And Portishead's Geoff Barrow As Co-Producers Opting For A Very Different Sound That Mixed Shoegaze Post-Punk And Goth The Album Was Released By XL That Spring And Earned Several Critical Raves Including NME's Album Of The Year. In Between Albums Badwan Teamed With Canadian Opera Singer Rachel Zeffira For The Hazy Pop Project Cat's Eyes Which Released Its Self-Titled Debut In Early 2011. The Horrors Self-Produced Their Follow-Up 2011's Skying Which Featured A Lighter Yet Still Atmospheric Sound That Drew Comparisons To My Bloody Valentine And The Psychedelic Furs. In 2012 They Released The Remix Companion Album Higher And Embarked On An Extensive Tour. In 2013 They Began Recording New Material With Producer Craig Silvey. Early The Following Year The Single "I See You" Reflected The More Expansive Direction Of Their Fourth Album Luminous Which Arrived In May 2014. The Horrors Began Work On Their Next Full-Length With Paul Epworth At London's Church Studios In 2015 And Forged A Darker Rawer Yet Still Danceable Sound That Borrowed From '80s Post-Punk Synth-Pop And '90s Dance. The Result Was V Which Arrived In September 2017. Biography By Heather Phares There Are Other Artists With The Same Name 2 A Garage Rock/punk Band From Cedar Rapids Iowa Which Formed In 1997 And Broke Up In 2003. They Released Two Albums The Horrors 2000 And Vent 2003 . Singer/guitarist Paul Cary Recently Released His Debut Album Ghost Of A Man On Candy Dinner Records In 2010. 3 An American Psychedelic Rock Group Active In The 1960s Best Known For Their Single "Briar Patch". For Much More Information Go To The Band's Official Forum "The Horum" And Official Myspace. read less