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- Summary: The sixth full-length studio release from British band The Horrors features a new line-up with Amelia Kidd and Telegram's Jordan Cook joining original members Faris Badwan, Rhys Webb and Joshua Hayward [Tom Furse left in 2021 and Joe Spurgeon in 2024 for other pursuits].
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- Record Label: Fiction
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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Mar 19, 2025Faris Badwan’s cool vocal command - something which belies the fact that lyrically, ‘Night Life’ is unafraid to reckon with the violence and chaos of the present moment. He’s done some of the finest writing of his career here, on a record where The Horrors burn the midnight oil with a new intensity.
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Classic Rock MagazineApr 2, 2025Six albums in, The Horrors sound fresher than ever. [May 2025, p.75]
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Mar 19, 2025The band embody the peculiar feeling of in-betweenness – the post-apocalyptic experience of being the only person awake – in a way that feels true to their history whilst scaling new heights.
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MojoMar 19, 2025Within ominously booming coordinates often evoking Hans Zimmer-style soundtracking, dark-pop miracles reliably happen. [May 2025, p.84]
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Mar 20, 2025As a (black) whole, ‘Night Life’ is an impressive return from a band that has taken a long time to metamorphose into this fabulous current form.
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Mar 26, 2025The album is a grower. There’s few songs here that resembles each other, as the band cut it at nine tracks. The sonic interests of the past albums are clearly visible – it could even be argued that this is the best sounding album the group has produced in the 14 years since Skying. There’s a rich compositional density in the individual elements and production values, which build on each other to form complex art pieces.
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Mar 26, 2025Where the band used to lean into instrumental grooves, Night Life instead opts for more persistent vocals, which means the tracks can feel busy in their being alive, yet busy all-the same.