than just hearing the music. And you get to appreciate how hard it was as well when you actually try to go back to the same methods they were using. 'Oceans Burning' 'Oceans Burning' is, like 'Moving Further Away', a song of many moods. It starts pretending to be a lovely, cliffs-in-the-sunset closer, again there's a Suede feel to this -- Skying shares a druggy urban romantic mentality with Dog Man Star , though this is more a younger cousin of something like 'Pantomime Horse'. The surprise comes when it twists into a Lady Macbeth wandering in a castle thoughtful section, before giving away to a more cosmic jam at the end. And that's it. Skying is, without doubt, a very curious record. Quite what those who still wish The Horrors were still playing 'Count In Fives' with enough energy to re-backcomb Josh Heyward's hair will fit in is anyone's guess, but this record is not for them. It'll still no doubt get right up the noses of those obsessed with the groups' high-end schooling, or excellent attire. It's not for them either. Skying is for all those who like a band who deliver their ambition, their confidence, their romance, their self-belief with a hint of panache. Alright, as with Primary Colours you can clearly hear influences and touchstones (though the band have a habit of denying them) but these gents are expert postmodernists, vapourising the past in order to create a lurid spirit and self-contained universe very much of