blogovision 2011 - TOP TEN - No 04 : The Horrors - Skying

Skying's starry-eyed, cosmic leanings are complicated by Badwan's slippery, sepulchral presence. He's the skull at the happening. When he's not singing about skies and oceans, or delivering ecstatic commands to "open your eyes" (Changing the Rain) or declaring "the moment that you want is coming if you give it time" (Still Life), he can sound paranoid and vengeful. I Can See Through You routes the emotional cruelty of the Cat's Eyes album via a bad acid trip, taunting: "No one remembers your name, no one tries." He sounds almost deranged on Monica Gems, an itchy, urgent racket that suggests glam-rock produced by Kevin Shields. Such shorthand descriptions are hard to avoid entirely, and music buffs might still want to play spot the influence with Skying – one reviewer detected seven in the opening song alone – but that would undersell this marvellous record, which should be every bit as exciting to a listener who knows none of those reference points. So never mind the past: the records the Horrors love aren't destinations, but signposts to an exhilarating future.
Dorian Lynskey

01 – Changing The Rain
02 – You Said
03 – I Can See Through You
04 – Endless Blue
05 – Dive In
06 – Still Life
07 – Wild Eyed
08 – Moving Further Away
09 – Monica Gems
10 – Oceans Burning

blogovision 2011 - No 20 : The Whip - Wired Together
blogovision 2011 - No 19 : Cold Cave - Cherish The Light Years
blogovision 2011 - No 18 : Nicolas Jaar - Space Is Only Noise
blogovision 2011 - No 17 : Architecture in Helsinki - Moment Bends
blogovision 2011 - No 16 : Battles - Gloss Drop
blogovision 2011 - No 15 : The Field - Looping State of Mind
blogovision 2011 - No 14 : Dum Dum Girls - Only in Dreams
blogovision 2011 - No 13 : Cat’s Eyes - Cat’s Eyes
blogovision 2011 - No 12 : Cults - Cults
blogovision 2011 - No 11 : Gang Gang Dance - Eye Contact
blogovision 2011 - TOP TEN - No 10 : Dirty Beaches - Badlands
blogovision 2011 - TOP TEN - No 09 : Black Devil Disco Club (aka Bernard Fevre) - Circus‎
blogovision 2011 - TOP TEN - No 08 : Chase and Status - No More Idols
blogovision 2011 - TOP TEN - No 07 : 65daysofstatic - Silent Running
blogovision 2011 - TOP TEN - No 06 : Jay-Z and Kanye West - Watch the Throne
blogovision 2011 - TOP TEN - No 05 : Arctic Monkeys - Suck It and See