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Editors - Back Room

Back Room

by Editors

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Released
25/07/05
Music Genre
Pop

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Description

British import (Kitchenware). US post-punk revivalists Interpol's 2002 debut made it possible for a wave of Joy Division copycats to ape those dark-but-danceable sounds of the late-1970s/early-'80s. By 2004, coming off like the bastard offspring of Ian Curtis and Echo & the Bunnymen was a ticket to the top of the charts, even in America. Unsurprisingly, it took the Brits to do it right. The hue and cry over Editors (please observe the absence of an article in their name) and their 2005 launch THE BACK ROOM (released stateside in '06) painted them as the UK Interpol. Nothing could be further from the truth. While Editors display an obvious love for the dark, churning sound of the Chameleons, Joy Division, et al, there's not even a whiff of bandwagon-jumping here. The level of emotional commitment is so palpable, the singing so impassioned, the songwriting so sharp, and the playing so urgent and visceral, that there's no question about the band's sincerity.

Product Details

Artist
Editors
Recording Environment
Studio
Label / Studio
KITCHENWARE
WOW HD Sales Rank
#1622
Media Content Format
Album
Original year of release
2006
Media Format
Audio CD
Year of release
2005
Number of Discs
1
CD 30days Sales Rank
#1321
Cast & Crew
Editors (Music Performer)
Gavin Monaghan (Producer)
Jim Abiss (Producer)
Andy Taylor (Sound Engineer)

Press Reviews

The band's single 'Munich' has all the angst and ice, the dispassionate vocals, the brittle guitar wail of Interpol, but with a more dance-worthy beat... CMJ (p.4)

A stunning debut Mojo

...remade their moribund heroes... into something much bigger, more emotional and transcendentally epic. NME

A victory for style, it also strikes a blow for substance. Q

Their debut, THE BACK ROOM, drags Joy Division into a posh bed of dueling guitars and streamlined atmospherics, with songs that touch on death, disease and doomed love. Rolling Stone (p.65)

Thrilling and euphoric. Stunning. The Guardian

Required listening for 2005 The Observer

Editors will be massive Uncut

Tracklisting

Disc 1:

  1. Lights
  2. Munich
  3. Blood
  4. Fall
  5. All Sparks
  6. Camera
  7. Fingers in the Factories
  8. Bullets
  9. Someone Says
  10. Open Your Arms
  11. Distance
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