An End And A Start —- Editors

photo source: Harry Bloom

Editors have had their fair share of stick.  To turn a blind eye to it is one thing, to make brave, bold moves musically is another. When Tom Smith and co. first emeged in 2005 with ‘The Back Room’, most thought they had the band pigeon-holed nice and snug as an indie band, crying out for stadium shows. I suppose we should have seen it coming: Editors may sound like a boring band name but it does ultimately imply the idea of change more than anything.

‘Eat Raw Flesh…’ is perhaps a bigger surprise than the change in direction explored by The Horrors this Spring. It combines a London-suburb darkness akin to Portishead’s ‘Third’ with the Knife-esque electronics and similar howls to ‘One Hit’, all glued together by a more high-pitched vocal performance from Smith than usual. On the Jools Holland performance you can look directly at the band and observe how much this means to them and frankly, how bloody wonderful they think it is. It’s teasing, because it leaves us prepared, awaiting ‘In This Light and On This Evening’ to unleash what could be anything. It has the potential to be phenomenal.

mp3// Papillon

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