No Pain In Pop

Swinging Jaw: The Horrors

I writ: ‘The Horrors Daub Their Name In Brit Pop Tradition With Primary Colours’ - read in full over at The Quietus.

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“You know when you get that feeling sometimes, when you’ll be listening to music or just hugely excited about something,” asks Hayward, “and it feels like someone has got their finger under your ribs and it draws you [moves hand away from chest] . . . I just wanted to capture that. The big thing for me was to get that on record. Making people, if they weren’t feeling it before they listened to it, get it and get drawn. What is that?”

Gut rush.

“Gut rush!”

They both crack up.

“But no, you get it in certain situations don’t you? It always feels like it’s there and you’re like ‘Ooh this is amazing’ . . . and you don’t ever stop moving, do you? It’s that constant feeling of movement and how you don’t stop.”

“Maybe you’ve got loads of serotonin receptors just there” ventures Furse, gesturing towards his diaphragm.

“Yeah, but it’s like your diaphragm’s gone mental . . . I just wanted to get that feeling across.”

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