NEW HORRORS/// SEA WITHIN A SEA
words: Ben Ross
The ominous countdown that adorned The Horrors homepage ended Monday night, and it was a countdown to remember. Being a mailing list member I received the surprise a few hours before the rest of the world and boy what a surprise it was.
The Horrors are back with ‘Sea Within a Sea’. An eight minute masterpiece, that sounds almost nothing like anything from their Debut: ‘Strange House’. Talk about a change in direction. It feels ethereal, it feels sublime, yet it feels oh so right. Faris’ soft vocals (YES soft vocals) layered over the beautifully crafted music akin to Neu make for a song like nothing they have ever done before. With the release of their cover of Suicide’s ‘Shadazz’ last year merely hinting, that they may indeed be moving away from the angry Goth roots they were born from, ‘Sea Within Sea’ merely confirms this.
It is set to be the closing track of the new album; ‘Primary Colours’ (Out 4th May) and it feels like the perfect piece of music to end an album on. This may not convert the haters, and whilst it may not bring them in to the mainstream, it will surely turn some heads. This could well and truly be the year of the Horrors…
Some say we walk alone
Barefoot on wicked stone, no light
and sanctuary found never waits around awhileMarching to the sea
their dreams stay in the shadows
their dreams stay firmly rooted in the shallows
See the scraping sky
See my destination there tonightSo say I walk alone, barefoot
on wicked stone tonight
Will you leap to follow
Will you turn and go
Will your dreams stay rooted in the shallowsSee the scraping sky
Far beyond the shallows
Far beyond the reaches of the shadows
Though youth may fade with boyhood’s cares
New fear will catch us unawares
I know it will
So you might say
the path we share is one of danger
and of fear
until the end
mp3: The Horrors – Sea Within A Sea (zshare)
MFM @ HYPEM
