The Horrors’ Faris Badwan performing with Cat’s Eyes at the 2016 Citadel Festival, London (Photo: Alberto Pezzali for Live4ever Media)
New album V is going to be a must-have when it is released on September 22nd if Machine is anything to go by, and now The Horrors have given an official video to their excellent lead single.
It’s the handiwork of CGI artist Jon Emmony, who’s had plenty to say on the concept. “The video for Machine is based around the concept of computer simulation,” he’s explained. “The creatures, formed from sections cut and twisted from insects, crustaceans and bone are arranged in sculptural compositions inspired by artists such as Hieronymus Bosch; finding the surreal within mixed forms and scales. If left, taken away from an edit, the creatures would continue to exist and their movements would evolve.”
“For me this was an exciting way to create digital imagery, as having an element of control removed and then decided by a computer seemed fitting with the track. Machines inside machines.”
