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10.0
65230
10.0 |
musicOMH
A sure-fire summer soundtrack from a band who are far more cerebral than they’d have you believe
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10.0
65302
10.0 |
DIY
Fragments of the group's past link together and the future illuminates in unison. 'Luminous' is the album they've been destined to make
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10.0
65304
10.0 |
Time Out
It looked after ‘Skying’ as though The Horrors were on the cusp of something brilliant, but ‘Luminous’ shines even brighter than anyone had any right to anticipate
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9.0
65073
9.0 |
Drowned In Sound
Marks another fitting addition to The Horrors' increasingly untouchable catalogue
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9.0
65138
9.0 |
Digital Spy
They haven't just perfected their sound - they've truly owned it
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9.0
65339
9.0 |
FasterLouder
This is modern, ambitious, widescreen pop music par excellence
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9.0
65362
9.0 |
Exclaim
Luminous finds the Horrors slicing through the shrouds of heavily-soaked reverb and paltry compositions that defined their past two LPs
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9.0
65531
9.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
The Horrors are done with moping around. Forget shoegazing; any gazing being done is upwards, beyond the sky - much, much further than that
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9.0
66017
9.0 |
God Is In The TV
‘Luminous’ sees them take things to truly stratospheric levels
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8.5
65298
8.5 |
Under The Radar
Another triumph from a band whose evolution goes from strength to strength
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8.0
65136
8.0 |
The Skinny
Five eccentrics mangling their beloved early-electronic influences to make pop that’s vaguely magnificent and magnificently vague
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8.0
65252
8.0 |
The FT
Continues the group’s transformation from fright-fest punk riffs into a more serious proposition
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8.0
65290
8.0 |
NME
For a band who tend to deal in abstractions, there are parts of 'Luminous' that sound positively unguarded. Almost every part of it sounds sublime, though
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8.0
65199
8.0 |
The Guardian
The Horrors may need to shake up their sound more radically next time, but Luminous still sounds light years ahead of the current guitar-band pack
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8.0
65074
8.0 |
The Digital Fix
This is a sure-fire winner, cementing their position as one of our most progressive and innovative bands
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8.0
65075
8.0 |
Q
A vast, starry-eyed sonic stew. Print edition only
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8.0
66079
8.0 |
State
There is so much adventurousness on Luminous that, in less capable hands, it could have ended up sounding like a misconceived mess
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8.0
65399
8.0 |
The Music
An intricately clever record that is pure ear candy
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8.0
65458
8.0 |
The Quietus
There are no killer punches, there's no passionate (perfect) kiss. Instead there's an ambiguity, an ambivalence that is ultimately more fascinating and worthwhile
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7.5
65346
7.5 |
Consequence Of Sound
They’ve greatly expanded the scope of the traditional pop form, and their songs feel like compositions: rich, restless texts full of moving parts and shifting layers
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7.5
65350
7.5 |
Pretty Much Amazing
The Horrors do have a masterpiece inside them, and with each release it’s bubbling closer to the surface. Luminous is not it
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7.0
65377
7.0 |
PopMatters
For a band that started out looking like Victorian hearse drivers, the Horrors’ attempts at musical brightness are mesmerizing
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7.0
65541
7.0 |
Beardfood
The cool Brits don't reinvent themselves, but they've grown into their sound
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7.0
65544
7.0 |
Fact
The Horrors haven’t pulled off another quantum leap, but by slowing down and bedding into their sound, they’ve made a record that feels both studied and instinctual, elevated and elemental, and that’s no mean feat
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7.0
65087
7.0 |
Uncut
Bold pop reinvention just lacks that killer tune. Print edition only
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6.7
65335
6.7 |
Pitchfork
As with Skying, it’s a high compliment to say Luminous is a giant bowl of assorted, premium ear candy, and it’s about as nourishing, which maybe is the point
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6.0
65239
6.0 |
The Observer
Having traded in all their early attitude for non-stop blissed-out jamming, the Horrors' default mode – equable lassitude – is beginning to pall a touch
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6.0
65241
6.0 |
The Independent
It’s not bad, as such, but like Primal Scream it promises more than it delivers
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6.0
65088
6.0 |
Mojo
Though songs maintain a stirring balance of shimmying pop appeal and experimentation, elsewhere the momentum is compromised. Print edition only
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6.0
65124
6.0 |
Clash
It’s a welcoming experience, an embrace from a band that used to want to boot your shins in – and the polite deathblow that finally downs the puckish Horrors of old
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6.0
65201
6.0 |
The Irish Times
Eclectic? Certainly. Confused? Possibly. Luminous? If you have the patience for repeat listens, most definitely
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6.0
65177
6.0 |
The Arts Desk
Luminous sees the band settle into the sound of 2011’s Skying
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5.0
66404
5.0 |
Entertainment.ie
Luminous demonstrates an ever growing smugness, worrying signs that the Horrors are beginning to believe their own hype
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5.0
65476
5.0 |
The 405
A much tauter editing process, snipping the gristly fat and extended flanginess, would make this a better album
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4.0
65354
4.0 |
Loud And Quiet
Having earned the right to do what they like after three artistically intriguing records, they’re exercising it to make the safest music of their careers
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