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Dec 04, 2024 By Mark Redfern Photography by Cal Moores

The Horrors are releasing a new album, Night Life, on March 21, 2025 via Fiction. Now they have shared its third single, the seven-minute long “Lotus Eater.” Listen below.

The band collectively had this to say about the new single in a press release: “‘Lotus Eater’ has had several past lives. 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.”

Previously they shared the album’s first single, “The Silence That Remains,” which was one of our Songs of the Week. Then they shared its second single, “Trial By Fire,” via a music video. “Trial By Fire” was also one of our Songs of the Week.

Night Life will be the band’s first new album in eight years and features a revised lineup. The Horrors’ last album was 2017’s V, although in 2021 they released the Lout and Against the Blade EPs. The band still features vocalist Faris Badwan and bassist Rhys Webb, but those founding members are now joined by new members Amelia Kidd on keyboards and Jordan Cook (of the band Telegram) on drums. Original member Joshua Hayward also plays guitar on the album. Absent are original members, keyboardist Tom Furse (who left the band in 2021) and drummer Joe Spurgeon.

Badwan and Webb began working on demos in Webb’s North London flat, with recording done in Los Angeles with producer Yves Rothman (Yves Tumor, Blondshell). The album was then finished in London along with guitarist Hayward. Kidd also contributed remotely from Glasgow.

Read our 2017 interview with The Horrors on V.

Read our rave 8.5/10 review of V.

Farris Badwan was one of the artists on the cover of our 20th Anniversary Issue.

The Horrors UK Tour Dates:

Wed 4 Dec 2024, Leeds, Belgrave Music Hall SOLD OUT
Thu 5 Dec 2024, Glasgow, Room 2 SOLD OUT
Thu 12 Dec 2024, Blackpool, Bootleg Social SOLD OUT
Fri 13 Dec 2024, Bristol, Strange Brew SOLD OUT
Sat 14 Dec 2024, Southend, Chinnerys SOLD OUT

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