SHE IS THE NEW THING (single)
Out now; Loog Records


Formed in the fish’n’chips’n’chavs capital of Essex, Southend, The Horrors are more end of the world than end of the pier. A mix of high-gothic, Dickensian dust and trashy garage punk, they’re the kind of band thrown up every decade – winklepickered, tight-trousered, black-shirted, with haircuts and abrasive songs that are hated and loved in equal measures. Faris Rotter (tall chap in the middle), Tomethy Furse, Joshua Third, Spider Webb and Coffin Joe’s live show is intense, grittily inept, and what rock’n’roll is all about. We hauled Faris out of his mouldering coffin and demanded he spoke to us.