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T H E H O R R O R S (UK)

http://www.myspace.com/thehorrors
http://www.thehorrors.co.uk/

Τετάρτη 10 Ιουνίου
Gagarin205 (Λιοσίων 205, Αθήνα – Μετρό Αττική)

Οι The Horrors είναι μία Βρετανική μπάντα που έρχεται στην Αθήνα ακριβώς στο ζενίθ της καριέρας τους, με νέο άλμπουμ (‘Primary Colours’) να κυκλοφορεί αυτές τις μέρες από την XL recordings σε παραγωγή του Geoff Barrow (Portishead).

To show τους στην Αθήνα θα είναι από τα πρώτα της μπάντας παγκοσμίως πριν ακολουθήσει ο μαραθώνιος των tour και εμφανίσεων στα μεγαλύτερα φεστιβάλ του κόσμου και ένα από τα πρώτα shows μετά από ένα διάστημα αποχής για την ηχογράφηση του νέου άλμπουμ αλλά και την αλλαγή κατεύθυνσης της μπάντας σε κάτι ακόμα πιο ώριμο και προοδευτικό. Πλήρες οπτικό ψυχεδελικό υλικό θα συνοδεύσει την εμφάνισή τους, μία βραδιά που αναμένεται σε ένα μοναδικό trip.

Το νέο τους άλμπουμ είναι ανώτερο από το ντεμπούτο άλμπουμ τους (‘Strange House’) του 2007, κάτι που αποδεικνύει ότι η μπάντα δεν είναι απλά ένα κατασκεύασμα της Βρετανικής hype μηχανής αλλά μία μπάντα που ήρθε για να μείνει και ήρθε να εκπλήξει ακόμα και τους ίδιους τους Βρετανούς.

Η κατεύθυνση τους έχει μεταφερθεί σε πιο επικά / 4AD μονοπάτια και αναφορές σε The Cure, Brian Eno και Jesus and the Mary Chain, χωρίς ποτέ να λείπει η χαρακτηριστική τους σκοτεινή garage / rock n roll / post punk βρωμιά και κυρίως τα εκρηκτικά live shows τους!

Είναι από τις λίγες στιγμές που η Αθήνα υποδέχεται μία μπάντα ακριβώς στην δημιουργική της ακμή με ένα νέο άλμπουμ που λαμβάνει αποθεωτικές κριτικές από όλα τα μέσα και μία ευκαιρία να μην χάσει κανείς ένα μοναδικό live show που θα τον κάνει να ιδρώσει όσο τίποτα άλλο τον τελευταίο καιρό!

The Horrors are dead! Long live The Horrors!

Band members:
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Faris Badwan, Joshua Third, Tomethy Furse, Spider Webb, Coffin Joe

Band history

The Horrors have their origin in the early 2000s where they became interested in obscure vinyl and DJing. During trips to London and on the Southend circuit, Rhys Webb met Faris Badwan and Tom Cowan, who had attended Rugby School together, through their shared interests in 60s garage rock, and, in 2005 the three formed a band with Joshua Hayward and Joseph Spurgeon. The band formed around Junkclub, an underground club founded by Oliver Abbott and Rhys. Their first rehearsal consisted of two covers: The Sonics’ "The Witch" and Screaming Lord Sutch’s "Jack the Ripper" (heavily influenced by previous cover versions by The Fuzztones, One-Way Streets and The Gruesomes) - the latter would later find itself as track one on the band’s debut album. The Horrors made their first ever live performance at The Spread Eagle on Kingsland Road in London on 16 August 2005 at a night they put on themselves under the guise of The Brothers Grimm. They played with one other band, London’s new wave punk pop band LR Rockets.
The Horrors first gained noticeable exposure thanks to their first single "Sheena Is A Parasite". Their second release, "Death At The Chapel" a high-profile show at London’s 100 Club in July 2006, and an appearance on the cover of the NME in August, greatly increased their profile. As a result of this exposure, the band played the NME Awards Indie Rock Tour in early 2007 along with Mumm-Ra, The View and The Automatic which helped them to gain further publicity.
Having released their debut album Strange House in March 2007, The Horrors played a world tour to promote it. A slot as a support act for Black Rebel Motorcycle Club in the USA in the summer was cancelled due to lack of funds, and the band instead headlined a US tour in June. They made a number of festival appearances throughout 2007, including appearances at the Glastonbury Festival, the Carling Weekend (on the Radio 1/NME stage), various Scandinavian festivals, the Summer Sonic Festival in Japan, and Splendour in the Grass in Australia; their set list throughout the summer contained a cover of ’No Love Lost’ by Joy Division. The Horrors also appeared in the third series of The Mighty Boosh in December as the fictional band ’The Black Tubes’, and supported the Arctic Monkeys on their sell-out arena tour of the UK, at which they predictably received a mixed reception. The band played an NME Awards show in 2008 with Crystal Castles, Ulterior and These New Puritans, and supported The Sonics (a major influence on the band) on 23 March, in their last London show to date. On January 18, ’Counting In Fives’, a documentary of the band’s 2007 tour of the USA, was unveiled at the Sundance Film Festival.
At the end of 2007 the Horrors announced the forthcoming recording of a new album. This is expected to be released on the 4th of May 2009; the album has been produced by Craig Silvey and Geoff Barrow, of Portishead. Recording took place in Bath during the summer of 2008. The band were forced to pull out of their planned appearance at the Underage Festival due to recording schedule conflicts. The new album and its associated singles are due to be released by XL Recordings, after The Horrors moved from Loog in March 2007. The only release from the band between the She Is The New Thing single in June 2007 and the new material in 2009 has been a cover of Suicide’s "Shadazz", released by Blast First Petite as part of their tribute to Alan Vega in October 2008

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