Since their 2007 debut ‘Strange House’ the English five-piece band The Horrors have come a long way, shedding their mod-goth looks and turning to a more melodious new wave/shoegaze sound. Their second album ‘Primary Colours’ was voted best of 2009 by the British magazine NME. Although they are influenced by 1960’s punk and new wave bands such as Bauhaus and nineties gems Sonic Youth, the Horrors managed to pay homage to their predecessors yet keeping a very distinct style of their own.

For their latest album ‘Skying’, which came out this summer, the group decided built their own studio. They wanted to be able to work in peace, controlling the whole process themselves. Finding a proper space proved to be more difficult than anticipated, but after a long search they found an old factory in east London. Although the group recorded and self-produced Skying, the album was mixed by Grammy Award-winning producer Craig Silvey.

The Horrors are currently on tour promoting their new album. They attracted a very diverse crowd in The Melkweg in Amsterdam last weekend, rangingfrom headbanging teenagers to slowdancing hippies and elders. The band played a strong set, ignoring their debut, which might have disappointed the early Horrors fans but left the shoegaze lovers more than pleased. Want to see the Horrors live? Catch them here:

13/12/11 – Effenaar, Eindhoven
14/12/11 – XFM Winter Wonderland, Brixton Academy, London
16/12/11 – The Garage, London
16/01/12 – The Liquid Room, Edinburgh
17/01/12 – The Kazimier, Liverpool
19/01/12 – Oxford Academy, Oxford
20/01/12 – The Trinity Centre, Bristol
22/01/12 – Norwich Waterfront, Norwich
28/01/12 – Alexandria St, Brisbane
30/01/12 – Silo Park, Auckland
02/02/12 – The Metro Theatre,  Sydney
03/02/12 – The Forum Theatre, Melbourne
04/02/12 – Footscray Community Arts Centre, Melbourne
05/02/12 – Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney
10/02/12 – Laneway Festival, Adelaide
11/02/12 – Cultural Centre, Perth
12/02/12 – Laneway Festival, Singapore
18/02/12 – Hostess Club Weekender, Tokyo
22/02/12 – Doornroosje, 6525 EL Nijmegen
23/02/12 – Effenaar, Eindhoven