That any young band makes four albums having debuted in the era of downloads is an achievement.
It's even more impressive in The Horrors' case given the novelty of the quintet's shock-goth garage rock debut.
The ambitious reinvention which followed Strange House - first with the psychedelic drone of Primary Colours before the nagging shoe-gaze meets new wave of Skying - continues with the recent LP, Luminous.
Its small steps into groovier, baggy-inspired territory made this show in the grand surroundings of Worthing's Pavilion Theatre an intense experience.
Only Faris Badwan's stick-like figure broke the blinding green lights beamed from behind the stage straight into the audience's eyes.
His four colleagues remained deep in the moment while the lights cast Badwan as a ominous silhouette perched on the monitors, twirling the microphone stand over his shoulder, eyeballing the crowd.
The Londoners laboured though the writing of Luminous - taking 15 months in and out of the studio to put it together.
They had a similar slow build here, but it made for a well paced show, as the sprawling vistas and beaming electronics of I See You and Still Life made way for the epic, extended finale of Moving Further Away.
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