The Horrors + The Stepkids

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 Skying, 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.