South London’s unclassifiable 4-piece curios, Horsey, return with their highly anticipated debut LP “Debonair”. Made up of Jacob Read, Theo McCabe, Jack Marshall and George Bass, Horsey have built a cult live following having toured with the likes of King Krule, Goat Girl and Hinds, as well as playing sold-out shows across their hometown venues with the likes of YOWL, Hotel Lux, Norman, Ugly, Lazarus Kane and more.

“Debonair” is propelled forwards from the opener Sippy Cup with an incomparable wide-eyed intensity that blurs the lines between dark, glam inflected noise-rock, surreal jazz breakouts, wonky apocalyptic pop, emphatic rock opera-esque histrionics and melancholic lo-fi without abating. Filmmaker and director Edgar Wright (Scott Pilgrim vs The World, Attack The Block, Baby Driver) described the opening track Sippy Cup as “2 mins of blissful insanity”. The closing track, Seahorse, features the band’s long-time friend and critically acclaimed songwriter Archy Marshall (King Krule) on vocals throughout, and track sees the band pare down their unique blend of oddball pop and absurdist theatricality – ebbing and flowing between hazy, lo-fi noir jazz tinted keys, restrained guitars and slowly escalating drums and bass.

The band state that the juxtaposition between maturity and immaturity is central to the album’s themes, and this contrast is not only found in the album’s dynamic instrumentation but is also prominent in Horsey’s intoxicating and coltish lyrical prose, which is all at once deeply personal, tumultuous and utterly abstract. Though often delivered with overtones of sardonic humour the subject matter carries a sincere message, one that channels the spirit of when the band first met in nursery whilst tackling the tropes of modern living. The result is a gripping and exuberant reminder that there is great value in applying some childlike lateral mentality to the all too serious events of adult life.