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- Date Released: October 13, 2009
- Genre: Alternative/Punk
- Label: Fader Label
- Copyright: (P) 2009 Fader Label
An impassioned, heart-exploding new album from once-dismissed English quartet
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Once upon a debut album — 2005's The Back Room — Editors were dismissed in some quarters as moody '80s goth copyists. "Boy Division" was the snarky tag attached to this oh-so-serious but ever-so-smooth four-piece from Birmingham. Or, even worse, they were the English Interpol.
How ridiculous the latter comparison in particular appears now. While 2007's An End Has A Start seemed professionally gloomy, this third album makes Interpol sound like Alvin And The Chipmunks. Here are nine lean tracks alchemized from fizzing electronics and thrumming guitars into black gold. This, in short, is a brilliant album: impassioned, heavy, important, tuneful, head-nodding and heart-exploding.
"Papillon" is an instant stand-out, a galloping, hymnal electronic anthem that evokes Depeche Mode if Dave Gahan were a Benedictine monk. On "The Big Exit," Tom Smith shifts refreshingly up the vocal register out of the baritone that can get a little stentorian when layered over such hefty instrumentation. Producer Flood — a man who knows his way round soulful electronics — helps turn "The Boxer" into a twinkling, spacey ballad as big as the night sky, while "Eat Raw Meat = Blood Drool" is a twitchy techno epic with gorgeous piano-meets-synth middle eight. And the finale doesn't disappoint: in "Walk The Fleet Road" Editors' knack for (melo)dramatic rock that's both widescreen and punchy is a joy to behold. Stirring, moving stuff.
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| 01. |  |
In This Light And On This Evening |
4:21 |
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| 02. | |
Bricks And Mortar |
6:21 |
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| 03. | |
Papillon |
5:24 |
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| 04. | |
You Don't Know Love |
4:39 |
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| 05. | |
The Big Exit |
4:44 |
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| 06. | |
The Boxer |
4:40 |
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| 07. | |
Like Treasure |
4:52 |
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| 08. | |
Eat Raw Meat = Blood Drool |
4:53 |
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| 09. | |
Walk The Fleet Road |
3:47 |
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09 Total Tracks, 43:41 Total Length
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