Luminous

Recorded over 15 months in the band's east London studio-laboratory-bunker with co-producer Craig Silvey, it's 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 featured prominently in the end-of-year magazine/newspaper polls, and was anointed NME's Album Of The Year.

Luminous is led by I See You, a seven-and-half-minute synth anthem that was recently unveiled at The Fly Awards in London, where The Horrors were joined onstage by Thurston Moore.

Luminous is an album that, for once, merits that over-used phrase "keenly-anticipated". Tipped to be one of the biggest British albums of 2014, it follows the breakthrough success of the Skying, an album beloved of heroes and peers such as Bobby Gillespie, Alex Turner and Trent Reznor.

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.

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."