Album review- Editors

Editors- The Back Room

Every time a next wave band comes out, both critics and fans try to describe their sound using the "sounds like..." tool. Unfortunately, Editors is target of the "sounds like Joy Division" tag which has become a sort of bag in which people stuff artists whose music is not easy to describe and has an obscure feeling to it. From where I see it, Editors and Joy Division only have in common the fact that their music is very personal. But that's all. So I'm gonna describe this album as if I had never listened to JD in my life (which is something difficult).

Instrumentally speaking, The Back Room is a guitar-driven album which kicks off with frail guitar passages that end up creating a monotony feeling which is only rescued by "Munich", probably the best song in the album. Luckily, the situation is reversed in the second half of the album (since Fingers in the factories) in which the instruments have a different impulse.

Lyricswise, it's a beautiful album from where you look it. In my opinion, is the album of someone going through changes in his life and not someone depressed or broken-hearted. Actually, I think lyrics are what make Editors an interesting band. In general, The Back Room is a pretty good album. I think is one of those albums that you end up liking a lot after several listening sessions.

Fav songs: Munich, Bullets, Fingers in the factories