First impressions on The Editors’ sophomore effort
The Editors are one of those bands who I immediately fell in love with just by listening to one single. I think Munich was the first single I heard from the band and I was impressed by how mature and fully realized their sound is. Okay, the band kind of rips off on Joy Division right down to the vocal delivery of Tom Smith (who, judging by the way he sings, grew up with posters of Ian Curtis in his bedroom).
These are minor complaints though especially if you hear The Back Room, The Editors’ debut album. As I’ve said, the maturity level is quite astonishing and they were able to distill the best parts of early 80’s new wave and made it quite current. They are like Interpol, only more dramatic and orchestral.
I was quite excited to hear that their sophomore effort, An End Has A Start, will be released this month. I was even more excited when I had the privilege to listen to an advance copy of the album. I am still trying to form an opinion about the album. First impressions though is that this is a more dramatic album. It’s also bleaker. Good thing though is that they have built on the sound of Back Room and injected a few more elements to make this album feel like there is a progression in their sound. A few more listens and I’ll be able to form an opinion if this album is as good as or better than Back Room.
Editors, Back Room, An End Has A Start
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