photo: Sarah Piantadosi
The Horrors return once again, retooled and revitalized, unveiling their latest full-length offering, Night Life, set to drop on March 21st, 2025, through Fiction Records. This reconfigured lineup signals not just a new chapter for the band, but a reinvigoration of their original ethos—a return to the raw urgency that once set them apart. To whet the appetite, the UK quintet has revealed the lead single, The Silence That Remains, accompanied by an equally atmospheric video.
This track hints at a band rediscovering their bite, a dark and brooding piece that feels like a deliberate nod to their earlier work while exploring the deeper, more introspective themes they’ve cultivated in recent years.
“The Silence That Remains is a 3am insomnia walk through the city, retracing our steps and putting the past to bed,” says the band. “Our new chapter is beginning and we’re looking forward to taking you with us. The Horrors are never-ending.”
The drums tap a steady, ominous rhythm, footsteps in an empty city, building toward the inevitable crash of a filthy bass guitar, vibrating with the unease of an abandoned cabaret. The tension gnashes its teeth, stretching into twisted silhouettes as the storm swells on the horizon. The lyrics carve into the marrow, heavy with longing and loss, tracing the fractures of the soul. It’s a relentless pursuit through ghost towns of memory, the distance between two figures widening with each passing moment, their silence thick and suffocating. No resolution, only the chilling echo of what once was—haunting, unanswered, and gone.
The Horrors hurled Night Life as if shattering a windowpane of their past, each jagged shard reflecting the raw edge of their early days. The Silence That Remains is no polished artifact but a bruised relic, pulled from the dark caverns where forgotten spirits whisper. The bassline slithers through the fog, low and menacing, while Badwan’s growl claws at Kidd’s breathy whispers—two voices locked in a ghostly waltz, gliding through desolate alleys under a bloodless sky.
Sarah Piantadosi’s video unfolds as a monochromatic nightmare, flickering with grainy unease and fractured time. It staggers forward, as if reality itself has warped, spilling fragments of a fever dream onto the screen. Nightlife animals, trapped in the eerie glow of infrared, glide like specters through a distorted landscape—unsettling reminders of innocence long abandoned.
Badwan looms like a shadowy phantom from a lost Murnau film, his presence eerie and elusive. The band haunts the scene, half-formed in a thick, suffocating haze, as though they exist on the brink of collapse. Shadows cling to their forms, swallowing the last slivers of light, turning them into brooding statues stirring from a cursed slumber. The video drags the viewer into its eerie embrace, a world where innocence lies in ruins, and the darkness refuses to release its grip.
Watch The Silence That Remains below:
Night Life is The Horrors’ first LP since 2017’s V and the 2021 EPs Lout and Against the Blade, marking the first time The Horrors step forward without their original lineup—absent are keyboardist Tom Furse and drummer Joe Spurgeon. In 2021, the Southend stalwarts announced their shift to a four-piece after Furse decided to step away, stating he’s “more of a maker than a performer,” leaving the rigors of touring behind.
The band’s sixth album showcases a refined roster: Faris Badwan’s brooding baritone still leads, with Rhys Webb’s bass rumbling beneath, while Joshua Hayward’s jagged guitar lines slice through. New blood comes from Amelia Kidd’s atmospheric keys and Jordan Cook, formerly of Telegram, on drums. Their sound, now sharper with experience, reflects both maturity and melancholy.
Badwan and Webb began crafting demos in Webb’s North London flat, the foundation of a record later shaped in Los Angeles with Yves Rothman, known for his work with Yves Tumor and Blondshell. Hayward’s guitar scrawled its final strokes back in London, with Kidd contributing from afar.
“The Night Life here is not the vim and vigour of pubs and clubs,” says the band. “It’s the thoughts that happen under the cover of darkness; the places your mind takes you when the rest of the world is asleep.”
In late November, The Horrors will head out on an intimate UK tour in support of Night Life, stopping in London, Manchester, Leeds, and more. General on-sale tickets will be available here on Friday, October 11th.
Fans who pre-order the album will be invited to an artist pre-sale for these shows that begins Friday, October 4th.
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