The Horrors are set to release a brand new single on Loog on the 18th June 2007.

‘She Is The New Thing’, the follow up to ‘Gloves’, is taken from their critically acclaimed debut album ‘Strange House‘ which was released on Loog on the 5th March. Produced by Ben Hillier, the new single is released on CD and two limited edition seven inch vinyl featuring exclusive new tracks, including a Cavemen remix of ‘She is The New Thing’ and ‘Sister Leonella’ produced by Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ Nick Zinner.

The Southend five-piece, who recently completed a sell out headline tour of the UK, are currently finishing off their European run of shows, before heading off on an extensive tour of America through June. The Horrors line up of Faris Rotter - Vocals, Tomethy Furse - Bass, Joshua Third - Guitar, Spider Webb - Organ and Coffin Joe - Drums kick off the thirteen date tour with 2 dates in New York, before winding up with a Seattle show on 20th June. They then return to the UK for a slot on the John Peel stage at Glastonbury, kicking off their Summer festival run which culminates in Reading/Leeds.

The dates are:

June 2007

04th New York, US Luna Lounge
05th New York, US The Filimore
07th Boston, US Paradise Rock Club
08th Washington, US Rock n Roll Hotel
09th Philadelphia, US North Star Bar
10th Montreal, Canada Petit Campus
11th Toronto, Canada The Mod Club
12th Cleveland Heights, US Grog Shop
14th Chicago, US The Abbey
15th Minneapolis, US Triple Rock
18th Los Angeles, US El Rey Theatre
19th San Francisco, US Popscene
20th Seattle, US Crocodile Cafe
24th Glastonbury, UK Glastonbury Festival
29th Borlange, Sweden Peace & Love Festival
30th Tromoy, Norway Arendal Hove

July 2007

06th Turku, Finland Turku Ruisrock
13th Dour, Belgium Dour Festival
15th Manchester, UK International Festival
20th Benicassim, Spain Benicassim Festival

August 2007

11th Tokyo, Japan Summer Sonic Festival
12th Osaka, Japan Summer Sonic Festival
24th Reading, UK Reading Festival
25th Leeds, UK Leeds Festival

The Horrors acclaimed debut album ‘Strange House‘ is out now

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The Horrors have confirmed that they will be holding two ‘Gloves’ signing sessions today, the day of the single’s release (Monday February 26).

Catch the band at Fives Records in Leigh-on-Sea by their hometown of Southend at 12.30pm, before they hot-foot it over to Rough Trade Records in Covent Garden, London for another signing session 5.30pm.

Both appearances are sure to be well attended so we suggest you get there early and form as orderly a queue as the situation will allow. There will be a few ultra limited pairs of Horrors leather gloves that aren’t on sale anywhere to giveaway to some lucky fans randomly chosen at the instores, so come on down!

Please note that these appearances are signing sessions only and not musical performances.

12.30pm - Fives Records
www.fives-records.co.uk
103 Broadway
Leigh on Sea
Essex
SS9 1PG

5.30pm - Rough Trade Records
www.roughtrade.com/site/instore.lasso
In the basement of the Slam City Skates shop
16 Neal’s Yard
Covent Garden
London
WC2H 9DP
http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=530108&Y=181179&A=Y&Z=1

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The Horrors, who release their debut album ‘Strange House’ on March the 5th,  set off on their biggest UK headline tour to date in  March and April.

Currently on the ‘Shockwaves NME Awards Indie Rock Tour’, The Horrors  line up of Faris Rotter - Vocals, Tomethy Furse - Bass, Joshua Third - Guitar, Spider Webb - Organ and Coffin Joe - Drums  kick off the eighteen date tour in Liverpool on the 23rd of March before winding up with a London show on Friday the 13th of April at The Coronet Theatre.

MARCH
FRI  23RD LIVERPOOL ACADEMY 2
SAT 24TH MANCHESTER CLUB ACADEMY
SUN 25TH HULL WELLY CLUB
MON 26TH LEEDS COCKPIT
TUE 27TH BIRMINGHAM BARFLY
THU 29TH NOTTINGHAM RESCUE ROOMS
FRI 30TH CARDIFF BARFLY

APRIL
SUN 01ST PORTSMOUTH WEDGEWOOD ROOMS
MON 02ND BRISTOL THEKLA
TUE 03RD NORWICH WATERFRONT
THU 05TH NEWCASTLE ACADEMY 2
FRI 06TH GLASGOW ABC 2
SAT 07TH ABERDEEN KEF
SUN 08TH EDINBURGH CABARET VOLTAIRE
TUE 10TH STOKE SUGARMILL
WED 11TH BRIGHTON CONCORDE 2
THU 12TH SOUTHEND CHINNERYS
FRI 13TH LONDON CORONET THEATRE SE1

All tickets are £8.50, except London which is £10.50, plus any relevant booking fees.

The new album, ‘Strange House’, is released on Loog and  features twelve new  tracks, including the highly collectable debut  ‘Sheena Is A Parasite’ from April 2006 and the forthcoming ‘Gloves’ single. Recorded and Produced in London with Ben Hillier, Alan Moulder, Jim Sclavunos  and Seb Lewsley, the new album is released on Limited Gatefold  Vinyl, CD, Digital download and a special Limited edition CD / DVD.

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The Horrors are set to release their eagerly awaited debut album on Loog Records on the 5th of March.

‘Strange House’ features eleven new tracks and includes the highly collectable debut  single ‘Sheena Is A Parasite’ from April 2006, the recent ‘Count In Fives’ 45 and forthcoming single ‘Gloves’ which is released on the 26th of  February.

Recorded and Produced in London with Ben Hillier, Jim Sclavunos of the Bad Seeds and Seb Lewsley, the new album is released on Limited Gatefold Vinyl, CD, Digital download and a special Limited edition CD / DVD. All UK versions of the album feature the band’s second single, ‘Death At The Chapel’ as a bonus track.

Horrors’ frontman Faris Rotter:
“This album is exactly what The Horrors set out to do. We don’t want to be friends with everyone, just anyone who knows about great music.”

ALBUM TRACKLISTING:

01. Jack The Ripper
02. Count In Fives
03. Draw Japan
04. Gloves
05. Excellent Choice
06. Little Victories
07. She Is The New Thing
08. Sheena Is A Parasite
09. Thunderclaps
10. Gil Sleeping
11. A Train Roars
12. Death At The Chapel - UK BONUS TRACK

The Horrors line up of Faris Rotter — Vocals, Tomethy Furse — Bass, Joshua Von Grimm - Guitar, Spider Webb — Organ and Coffin Joe — Drums, set off on the  ‘Shockwaves NME Awards Indie Rock Tour’ in January 2007.

The seventeen date tour, which kicks off in Belfast on the 29th January and ends up at London’s Brixton Academy on the 23rd of February, sees the Southend five-piece line up alongside The Automatic, The View and Mumm-Ra.

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