Following the release of new track ‘Machine’ earlier this month, The Horrors have announced their fifth album.
Titled ‘V’, the record was produced by Paul Epworth and will be released on 22nd September accompanied by a massive UK tour that kicks off on 16th October in Belfast, winding up at KOKO in London a fortnight later.
“It is a risk,” says Faris Badwan of the band’s evolution. “But life isn’t much fun without risk. It’s the antithesis of being creative if you know what you’re going to be doing every time.”
Keyboardist Tom Cowan continues: “It’s natural, if you do see yourself as an artist, to progress and not play it safe. Bowie pre-empted the modern condition of not being able to stay in one place for very long, and I get frustrated with bands who stay still. Because then it does become a career.”
The track listing for ‘V’ is as follows:
1 Hologram
2 Press Enter to Exit
3 Machine
4 Ghost
5 Point of No Reply
6 Weighed down
7 Gathering
8 World Below
9 It’s A Good Life
10 Something To Remember Me By
The band’s UK tour will visit:
OCTOBER
16 Mandela Hall, Belfast
17 Tivoli, Dublin
19 Qmu, Glasgow
20 Newcastle University, Newcastle
21 Leeds University, Leeds
22 Academy 1, Liverpool
24 Institute, Birmingham
25 Bierkeller, Bristol
26 The Junction, Cambridge
28 Acca, Brighton
29 Koko, London