21. Editors- The Back Room


Try write a review on this band without using any references to Interpol and/or Joy Division. The references are pretty clear on listening to The Back Room- the new-wave basslines, crisp percussion and chugging guitars on a large part of the tracks are very much reminiscent. So it comes down to the quality of the songs and this is a very pleasant album that delivers plenty of hooks and punch. In Tom Smith the band has a smooth vocalist who doesn't need any trickery while his band around him are very tight and minimalistic in their approach, especially guitarist Chris Urbanowicz who plays some great staccato riffs. Tracks like All Sparks, Munich and Bullets are blessed with killer melodies too and in the slightly sprawling Open Your Arms the album finds a good closer. My edition came with the attached Cuttings EP and have in Let Your Good Heart Lead You Home a track that almost trumps the lot I heard before! So how long before hacks will write about bands that are sounding like The Editors???