The problem with the first album (2007) by the British group The Horrors was that it all looked too thoughtful. Eighties trash and garage rock, combined with an outgoing appearance, a kind of meets . In any case, it did not produce memorable songs. The successor Primary Colors was clearly preceded by a thorough study of rock history. This time the five young men came across records from , and
… . You can do worse. The hairspray was rinsed from the hairstyles and this time the group transformed into a more introverted, pale-nosed shoegaze band. It does produce a very enjoyable record, produced by member . Grit guitars soaked in reverberation and ghostly organ parts adorn the songs that always remain pointed and structured with metronomic beats. This culminates in the single Sea Within A Sea, a drawn-out trance song in which the tension is never released. They just had to hold on to this fertile 'make over'. (MR)more
