The Horrors

The Horrors are an English rock band formed in Southend-on-Sea in 2005 by lead vocalist Faris Badwan, guitarist Joshua Hayward, keyboardist and synthesizer player Tom Furse, bassist Rhys Webb, and drummer and percussionist Joe Spurgeon. Their music has been classified as garage rock, garage punk, gothic rock, shoegaze and post-punk revival. The band's current lineup consists of Badwan, Webb, Amelia Kidd (of The Ninth Wave) on keyboards and backing vocals, Jordan Cook (of Telegram) on drums and John Victor (Gengahr) on guitar. The band have released six studio albums, the first five of which have charted within the UK Top 40: Strange House (2007), Primary Colours (2009), Skying (2011), Luminous (2014) and V (2017), and Night Life (2025).

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