Horror

Their first release on Fire Records, Horror is a collection of songs written in late 2022 but providing a horribly prescient reflection of the world in its current miasma and how we got here. 

Horror looks at history and the legacies of British imperialism with mashed up lyrics set against a typically eclectic sound that amalgamates everything from dub, country, noise, rock & roll, electronica, punk, music hall, polka and you can even take your partner for a nice waltz on ‘Sad And Sad And Sad’. The roots of their global sound reflect their nomadic journey through time and space from Leeds to California in the West and Siberia in the East and is woven into the fabric and intricacies of their song creation…

Sounding like The Chills and R.E.M circa the I.R.S Records years, ‘Mudcrawlers’ sees just about the whole band joining Jon Langford on vocals speaking of Irish famine and refugees journeying to Wales. ‘War Economy’ shivers in the cold of such Boroughs spiked one-liners: “Clinical coercion will not achieve dominance!” Sounding like its straight off a Jenny Holzer neon sign (she of Abuse Of Power Comes As No Surprise), it’s held together by a disgruntled swaggering riff that underpins an explosion of disquiet. 

Meanwhile, Rico takes the lead on the maliciously luscious ‘Fallen Leaves’ an appalled and appalling Hammer Horror take on climate breakdown reminiscent of Rolling Thunder Dylan, that recalls The Pogues at their most introspective, its Celtic twilightism augmented by Susie Honeyman’s keening violin as the dying sun sinks down and the river Styx flows on in the pitch black night.

Released: February 2025
Cat: FIRELP770C
Label: Fire Records

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Tracklist

A1 The Western Design
A2 Sad and Sad and Sad
A3 Glasgow
A4 Fallen Leaves
A5 War Economy
A6 Mudcrawlers
            
B1 A Horse Has Escaped
B2 Private Defense Contractor
B3 Sanctuary
B4 Surrender
B5 You're Not Singing Any More
B6 Before The Ice Age