The Horrors are back and have unveiled details of their long-awaited fifth album, titled 'V'. 

As well as the album announcement, Faris Badwan and co dropped their first single in three years, 'Machine', and revealed plans for a lengthy UK tour, which is set for later in the year and will include a show at the University of Sussex in Brighton.

Speaking of the different direction The Horrors have taken on their upcoming LP, frontman Faris Badwan said: "It is a risk, but life isn't much fun without risk. 

"It's the antithesis of being creative if you know what you're going to be doing every time."

Bandmate and keyboardist Tom Cowan added: "It's natural, if you do see yourself as an artist, to progress and not play it safe.

"Bowie pre-empted the modern condition of not being able to stay in one place for very long, and I get frustrated with bands who stay still. Because then it does become a career."

'V' is out on 22nd September via Wolf Tone/Caroline.

The Horrors will play at the Attenborough Centre for Creative Arts at the University of Sussex in Brighton on 28th October. 

Listen to 'Machine' below

Words Lauren Wade

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Kettering neo-psychedelic four-piece Temples have been on the rise over the past year, now it's their time to unleash the full effect of their glittering, revamped psych vibes on a long-awaiting public. The revivalists debut 'Sun Structures' glitters in a blurred distortion that crawls under your skin, allowing Temples to euphorically take their sound to the next level.

Familiar and previous hits such as 'Colours To Life' and 'Shelter Song' make an appearance on this satisfyingly divine debut. The former being a hypnotic masterpiece that shimmies along as James Bagshaw's blissed out vocals injects dreamy additional layers. Elsewhere, the heavenly 'Mesmerise' is a moment in which Temples' modern rejuvenation of psych sounds comparable to material from The Horrors' 2011 album 'Skying'.

With a fondness for reverb and backwards guitar that serves them well, Temples have gone nuclear as proven by tracks such as 'The Golden Throne' and 'Move With The Season'. Their fondness and familiarity is one that elevates both tracks' retro sounds and has earned themselves a sizeable fanbase in the process.

Title-track 'Sun Structures' conjures a sound that achieves maximum intensity with an unwavering brilliance that drips in psychedelia. It is a psych-inflected gem with acid-soaked riffs - showing there is more to Temples than just mere hype and praise laid on thick by the likes of Oasis legend Noel Gallagher; they have elongated longevity.

Meanwhile, the psych strut of 'Sand Dance' doesn't quite reach Tame Impala standards but it comes reasonably close, Bagshaw's vocals also sound remarkably similar to T-Rex at times, giving the sound of the past a new lease of life. 'Sun Structures' proves itself to be one of the band's greatest moments to date and it is perfectly clear that psychedelia has re-flowered and produced this heavenly band, the finest of the fine with a debut that serves as a timely reminder of their rad nature. Expect more noise.

Words Lauren Wade

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