Not to be confused with The Horrors, those haircuts who've reinvented themselves as a half-decent band for their last two albums, The Horror The Horror are a Swedish five-piece heavily influenced by late 60s and early 70s US rock. You'd never know it to hear 'Wilderness', their third album. Well, not from many of the tracks. 'Believe in Magic' sounds like the kind of limp rock Van Halen were knocking out in the 80s, only without the synths.
They claim that The Horror The Horror 2011 are 'more white blazers, summer of POP '82, Prefab Sprout and the Style Council... luxurious, shiny, opulent and extravagant.' The Style Council are no recommendation whatsoever, and I'm far from charmed when the sterile while soul elements do filter through on occasion. But the words 'luxurious, shiny, opulent and extravagant' make me think of the grandiose showiness of The Associates, the lame-shimmering dramatics of ABC. I get none of these things from 'Wilderness'. In fact, for the most part, it sounds like the kind of spineless indie cal knocked out by the likes of Razorlight and Hard Fi. That truly is a horror.
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In fact, it's such a horror, you'd have to say it twice.
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