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90
Skying has a new swagger and panache, but it also possesses that lightness of touch which was first audible in Primary Colours.
12y
90
Gone is the ‘Primary Colours’ influences of Portishead’s Geoff Barrow, or the punchy impatience of ‘Strange House’, and in that place stands an intellectually collective five-piece, fully immersed in the confidence of their own astonishing abilities.
90
With Skying, the band has moved on to their own distinct personality by simply evolving.
12y
87
It’s still the work of a band firing on all cylinders.
12y
83
Skying boasts countless vague allusions to waking up, seeing things, rain, and/or the ocean.
12y
80
Music buffs might still want to play spot the influence with Skying ... but that would undersell this marvellous record, which should be every bit as exciting to a listener who knows none of those reference points.
80
While in some sense these tracks are truer to the band's past than Skying's more formally ambitious cuts, that only convinces me that the Horror's biggest leaps forward are the ones in which they follow other musician's great ideas to new places.
80
The songs on Skying are dense, towering, and occasionally overstuffed.
11y
80
With Skying, The Horrors continue to explore familiar territory whilst refining their idiosyncratic slant like proficient tastemakers.
12y
80
If all you can see is a tangle of influences then you’re standing too close to the picture, and when ‘Skying’’s visions come into focus, it not only reaffirms that ‘Primary Colours’ was far from a fluke, but that they could go so much further.
12y
80
Regardless of where they end up next, the Horrors have already traveled much further than most listeners would have imagined.
12y
80
Skying leaves me perhaps more interested in where they'll go next, than where they are now.
12y
78
Skying does for early '80s psychedelic Brit-rock what Primary Colours did for post-punk, and both are as satisfying with such goals as one can imagine.
12y
75
The Horrors have evolved into a dependable band making wide-reaching rock music.
12y
70
Skying lacks the urgency of their raucous goth-punk debut Strange House, but the broadly hooky single "Still Life" could fill an arena nicely, and the band actually sound interested enough to entertain the possibility.
12y
70
Skying is the work of a band that's living up to the hype, just after the fact. And considering the trajectory that Skying shows they're on, maybe the Horrors won't just ultimately match the expectations of them, but maybe top them.
12y
60
Lots of bands pillage from the pop music canon; few do it with the aplomb of the Horrors.
Keeping the same shoegaze/post-punk foundation but this time making it brighter and more ethereal with the edge of Neo-Psychedelia makes Skying a nice contrast to Primary Colours. However, with the last couple of tracks not being as crippling and not as many stand out moments, I do find myself more drawn to Primary Colours, but overall Skying is a nice evolution from The Horrors
Track Review
Changing the Rain 7.5/10.
You Said 8/10
I Can See Through You 7.5/10.
Endless Blue 8.5/10.
Dive In ... read more
On Skying, The Horrors embrace more psychedelia into their sound marking a styalistic shift from their great album Primary Colours. While I find this album to be a tad too washed out at times and tedious, the group succeeded at embracing more psychedelia into their style.
This album does not start particularly strongly at all but builds fantastically. It never reaches the heights of its predecessor, but this is a fine album nonetheless.
Essential Track - Moving Further Away
On Skying, The Horrors embrace more psychedelia into their sound marking a styalistic shift from their great album Primary Colours. While I find this album to be a tad too washed out at times and tedious, the group succeeded at embracing more psychedelia into their style.
(analbumaday day 27) This was such a chill rollercoaster of an album that I really enjoyed. I've never really listened to shoegaze unless you count Beach House so through this album I learnt more about the genre and I really enjoyed it. I was listening to it whilst walking down a street; it fit the vibe so well that it was like the music melded with the background. It was nice
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Track List
| 1 | Changing the Rain 4:31 | |
| 2 | You Said 4:46 | |
| 3 | I Can See Through You 4:17 | |
| 4 | Endless Blue 5:10 | |
| 5 | Dive In 4:51 | |
| 6 | Still Life 5:21 | |
| 7 | Wild Eyed 4:04 | |
| 8 | Moving Further Away 8:34 | |
| 9 | Monica Gems 4:28 | |
| 10 | Oceans Burning 7:50 |
Total Length: 53 minutes
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