08.08.09 | Collapse into a dream
The Horrors’ second album, Primary Colors, came out a while ago, but for some odd reason I can’t stop listening to it. While some of their older fans are still a little puzzled by the sound of this album, and don’t really know what to make of it, it only took me one listen to realized it’s greatness. The traces of that old zombie garage sound are almost nonexistent, but you can still catch glimpses of them in songs like “New Ice Age”, but I must admit that while I love their first album, I do not miss the sound at all.
Primary Colors almost sounds like a who is who of early goth and dark wave without sounding like a clone of bands such as Echo and the Bunnymen, Bauhaus or even the most copied of them all, Joy Division. The album stands strong and on it’s own thanks to masterful production by several people including Portishead’s Geoff Barrow and director Chris Cunninham. The moody sounds of the album begs to be filed next to albums such as The Cure’s Disintegration and The Damned’s Phantasmagoria. I suggest listening to the whole album, but if you must listen to only a few tracks, I recommend “Scarlett Fields”, “Who Can Say” and “Sea Within a Sea”.
