The Horrors unveil new album Luminous | Listen to new track "I See You"

LISTEN TO FIRST ALBUM CUT "I SEE YOU" NOW

Recorded over 15 months in the band's east London studio-laboratory-bunker with co-producer Craig Silvey (Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Arcade Fire, The National), Luminous is the follow-up to the band's 2007 debut Strange House, the Mercury-nominated Primary Colours (2009), and the critically-acclaimed Skying (2011) - a record that entered the charts the UK charts at number five, featured prominently in the end-of-year magazine/newspaper polls, and was anointed NME's Album Of The Year. Luminous is trailed by "I See You," which received its first broadcast earlier today on KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic. The seven-and-half-minute synth anthem was recently unveiled at The Fly Awards in London, where The Horrors were joined onstage by Thurston Moore and Stereogum exclaimed "the song is a pulsating jam that pushes eight minutes and sounds like the first Horrors song that could really fill a stadium."       Listen to "I See You" now on YouTube: http://youtu.be/CN0jkdTvl9s    Tasking themselves with, as ever, moving onwards, The Horrors determined to make an album that was brighter, more positive, more electronic. 'We've refined our sound," affirms lead singer Faris Badwan, "and in terms of songwriting it is the record I'm happiest with." Or, in the words of bass player Rhys Webb, "it's not so much about heavier guitars as a heavier potency... We want to make music you can dance to, music that elevates..." Luminous by name, luminous by nature: this is an album radiating light and energy. These songs are The Horrors writing at their instinctive, intuitive and accessible best.    Shedding some light on the intra-band, in-studio creative process, keyboard player Tom Cowan mentions a an ever-evolving playlist featuring "so much, the usual - Beatles, Sabbath, Kraftwerk also Eno, J Dilla, Metroplex/Trax Records...but as always psychedelic music from all over the world, soul, funk, dub..."    Further input came from producer Paul Epworth (Adele, Paul McCartney, Foster The People) on the track "Falling Star." There was also a crucial role for a new piece of kit. Badwan reveals that Richard Russell, boss of their label XL, "had the pyramid synth from our "Changing The Rain" video built for us."    The Horrors are Faris Badwan (vocals), Joshua Third (guitarist), Tom Furse (keyboards, synthesizers), Rhys Webb (bass) and Joe Spurgeon (drums, percussion).     Album pre-orders are available from midnight on iTunes, with "I See You" available as an instant grat track to anyone ordering Luminous. "I See You" is also available to buy as a standalone track.    Luminous Tracklisting: Chasing Shadows First Day Of Spring So Now You Know In and Out Of Sight Jealous Sun Falling Star I See You Change Your Mind Mine and Yours Sleepwalk www.thehorrors.co.uk @horrorsofficial www.facebook.com/horrorsofficial http://www.thehorrors.co.uk http://thehorrors-official.tumblr.com