The Horrors have shared their new song ‘Lotus Eater’.
The reconfigured band – vocalist Faris Badwan and bassist Rhys Webb are now joined by Amelia Kidd on keys and Telegram’s Jordan Cook on drums – are on the road, playing some sold-out UK headline shows. Previewing new material, The Horrors are continually looking ahead, with new album ‘Night Life’ set to land on March 21st.
Out now, new song ‘Lotus Eater’ offers layers of dulcet electronics, a dose of analogue audio painting reminiscent of Eno in places.
The song has been through a myriad of variations, with the final result framed by darkness – Faris Badwan sings “if the world should end today / we’ve had our time…”
“’Lotus Eater’ has had several past lives,” explain the band; “It was one of the first songs from the Night Life sessions that we felt really excited about – Rhys’ original lyric had a feeling that made me think of ‘5 Years’ by David Bowie, and I started to build on the idea.”
“A lotus eater lives in a state of blissful ignorance, and the song to me describes the moment of coming back to reality. We wanted it to have a feeling of both melancholy and euphoria, letting go of the past and starting again.”
“The spoken word section was improvised in the studio, and the mid-section of chopped-up electronics came from Amelia’s world of synth programming. It feels almost like a sister track to ‘Sea Within a Sea’ in some ways, and it’s one of our favourite songs on the new album.”
Tune in now.
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