‘Horizons’, the latest offering and follow-up to 2014’s debut album ‘Cover Your Eyes’ is a single-packed set, and opening with the grungy rock sneer of ‘Out of Sight’ makes for a strong start.
Switching between lead vocalists enhances the album’s dynamic: Ellie Langley has a classic rock voice – of a more 70s vintage than anything 80s or 90s or overtly post-millennial – that stands comparisons to Stevie Nicks and Pat Benatar, while Seymore Quigley has a more laid-back style. The contrasts are key to the dynamic of Horse Party’s sound on ‘Horizons’.
As much as there are elements of US post-hardcore and alternative rock running through the scratchy angularity of the guitars on tracks like ‘Receiver’ (which calls to mind Band of Susans), there are hints of more radio-friendly rock to be heard in the songs on ‘Horizons’, and it makes for a nice balance between abrasion and accessibility.
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What it means is that ‘Horizons’ sees Horse Party expanding theirs. Yes, they work to the strengths they’ve already demonstrated on their previous releases, but they’re also pushing their songwriting limits.
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