THE HORRORS SHARE FIRE ESCAPE/WATER DROP
TWO TRACK SINGLE AVAILABLE NOW
BAND SET FOR EXTENSIVE RUN OF FESTIVAL DATES THIS SUMMER
‘The Horrors’ fifth album is their best yet’ – The Guardian ★★★★★
‘It’s a barrier-smashing victory march’ – NME ★★★★
‘Arguably the most consistent UK guitar band of the past decade’ – Drowned in Sound
Q ★★★★
MOJO ★★★★
The Times ★★★★
Independent ★★★★
Observer ★★★★
The Horrors have shared two new tracks, Fire Escape and Water Drop. Taken from sessions for the bands critically acclaimed fifth album V, the bonus tracks are available to stream now. Listen here
Speaking on how the songs came about, the band explain:
“In typical Horrors fashion, we initially had the two tracks as one piece of music. First starting off with some synth loops our producer Paul put down, it evolved into this John Bonham-esque drum led track – Fire Escape – which halfway through shifted gear entirely into what felt like Eno crossed with heavy Cluster/Harmonia on Water Drop.
This change felt completely natural to us, with Water Drop feeling like the perfect release to the intense onslaught of Fire Escape. The dripping synth melody is the anchor in both tracks, gelling together two very different scenes into one.
Unfortunately, the tracks didn’t feel like they had a place on ‘V’ but we still felt like we wanted to share them anyway as a little artefact from those sessions. A deeper cut for our fans. We hope you enjoy them”.
The band are set for an extensive run of festival dates this summer, including shows at Reading & Leeds, Citadel, Dot To Dot and Festival Number 6. Full tour dates are listed below and on the band’s website.
Summer 2018 dates:
28th April – Control Festival – Mexico City – Mexico
5th May – Live At Leeds – Leeds – UK
6th May – Hit The North – Newcastle – UK
25th May – Dot To Dot Festival – Manchester – UK
26th May – Dot To Dot Festival – Bristol – UK
27th May – Dot To Dot Festival – Nottingham – UK
9th June – 53 Degrees North – Hull – UK
15th July – Citadel – London – UK
20th July – Electric Castle Festival – Bontida – Romania
29th July – Standon Calling – Hertfordshire – UK
10th August – Ypsigrock – Palermo – Italy
12th August – Boardmasters Festival – Newquay – UK
24th August – Reading Festival – UK
25th August – Leeds Festival – Leeds – UK
1st September – Electric Fields – Dumfries and Galloway – UK
8th September – Festival Number 6 – Portmeirion – UK