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I wouldn't necessarily call these posts reviews! I wouldn't call myself a music expert either, though I'd like to think I'm somewhat knowledgeable. I'd say this is more like a personal journal of my travels through my vast music library in an attempt to keep myself amused. It's really just writings about my reactions to the music than a judgement of the quality. Since I'm doing these daily, I'll usually listen through maybe once or twice, write out a short little blurb and move on!

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The Horrors - Skying (2011)

  • :Josh
  • : at 11:45 AM
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    • It's been a long while since I've listened to The Horrors. They kind have just been sitting around in my ipod picking up imaginary dust, which makes Skying the perfect candidate to be the inaugural album in this journey through my music collection.

    So on my first listen through Skying, I immediately noticed that this record has a much cleaner sound and the vocals are a bit more melodic than their first album, Strange House. I haven't actually listened to their second full-length, Primary Colours yet, but that doesn't matter. What does matter is that I like this new sound better (though I did really like Strange House a lot). Whereas their older tracks were just simple, noisy garage rock, Skying brings a more complex set of tunes to the plate with it's updated 80's sound, synths and all. I guess that it makes me uncool that my favorite track is Still Life, which seems to be the most popular song from the album, but how can I NOT like a song with such a Breakfast Club feel to it? You understand me if you've heard it, the similarities to Simple Minds' 80's hit are pretty apparent to my ears (in a GOOD way though!). The other tracks that stuck out to me were Dive In, which is my co-favorite track, the album opener, Changing the Rain and the two 8-minute songs near the end (Moving Further Away & Oceans Burning) of the album really helped wrap the album up nicely and gave off a kind of Stone Roses vibe, to me at least.

    Well, that's all I got this time around, hope I didn't just totally waste your time! If I did, you can have your money back!

    The Verdict: BUY. It's good. I wouldn't say this is a spectacular album but I can't say there is a single track I disliked.

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