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10.0
99490
10.0 |
The Guardian
Against the odds, the Horrors’ fifth album is their best yet, with Faris Badwan’s commanding, world-weary vocals adding to the synthesised thrills and sparkling guitar-pop
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10.0
99608
10.0 |
A.V. Club
It’s an album that confirms them as one of the most consistently surprising, most artistically sophisticated, simply greatest rock bands working today
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9.0
99734
9.0 |
Clash
Perfecting every element they did so well on their four previous records, ‘V’ is a pure and unadulterated celebration of The Horrors
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9.0
99862
9.0 |
musicOMH
Nothing short of a triumph
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9.0
99882
9.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
The Horrors are hardly new to making brilliant albums - they did that with their previous three - but V is better than them all
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8.5
99610
8.5 |
Under The Radar
V could very well be the album that pushes The Horrors to the next echelon, something the group has already accomplished in its native U.K. with its last two albums breaking the top 10 charts
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8.0
99613
8.0 |
The Observer
Their most cohesive album yet
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8.0
99615
8.0 |
All Music
Not everything on V works - "Weighed Down" and "Gathering" lack the focus of the album's highlights - but the songs that do are some of the Horrors' most exciting yet
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8.0
99679
8.0 |
Earbuddy
Has all of the crystal-clear engineering of a pop record, but The Horrors at least want to make something exciting
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8.0
99463
8.0 |
PopMatters
The Horrors have got their mojo back
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8.0
99491
8.0 |
The Irish Times
The overall result is a thrilling sequence of magpie approaches delivered with due acknowledgement and respect
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8.0
99495
8.0 |
The Independent
It’s playful and elaborate
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8.0
99510
8.0 |
NME
The Horrors are onto a winner with their bolshy fifth album
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8.0
99559
8.0 |
Evening Standard
What’s new is emotional undertow and the sense of bigness
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8.0
99435
8.0 |
The Skinny
Feels like a consolidation of all of the strengths that The Horrors have built up over the last ten years, tightly bundled and perfectly accessible without sacrificing any of their artistic integrity
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8.0
99436
8.0 |
The Music
Clangorous industrial synths backed up with ferocious rock attitude
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8.0
99437
8.0 |
Q
V feels bigger than its predecessors. Print edition only
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8.0
99438
8.0 |
Mojo
Delivers some of the most thrilling, most substantial pop you’ll hear all year
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8.0
99440
8.0 |
Uncut
An audacious vault into Depeche Mode and U2 territory. Print edition only
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8.0
99715
8.0 |
DIY
Five albums in and The Horrors have obviously found a new lease of life. This ‘V’ is for victorious
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8.0
101549
8.0 |
Punk News
The Horrors’ ever evolving palette is an invigorating ride to be on
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7.5
99832
7.5 |
Gig Soup
A sign of The Horrors‘ continuous evolution, and it does not disappoint
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7.1
99695
7.1 |
Pitchfork
The Horrors retool their formula for retro-leaning, riff-laden arena rock in an attempt to reconnect with the “unsettling” spirit of their garage-rock roots
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7.0
99742
7.0 |
Spectrum Culture
The Horrors continue to evolve toward a more structured electro-rock outfit
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6.0
99470
6.0 |
The Arts Desk
Whilst many of the songs could easily have been shortened into more accessible pop hits, their commitment to slowly building each song might just be what makes The Horrors still so enigmatic five albums in
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6.0
99945
6.0 |
State
V sees The Horrors in limbo still
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4.0
99454
4.0 |
Loud And Quiet
Lumbering opener ‘Hologram’ sets the tone, and its murky, repetitive beds of synth form the basis of much of the record
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