The Horrors + Moon Duo

NME darlings the Horrors first graced that magazine's cover in 2006, before, you know, they had ever released anything. But on their new XL-issued Luminous, you can certainly see what (some) of the fuss was about; the U.K. natives do a good job of recalling the grandiose Britpop of the early ’90s while invoking a little gothy darkness.