If you consider Interpol and Editors as Joy Division ripoffs, please disregard every band with boys in it as a ripoff of The Beatles. Thanks.

The difference there, is that being men in a band has no bearing on what the band will sound like, whereas copying Joy Division (which I'm not accusing them of) would.

As for Editors, never a big fan - the first 2 tracks on the new album are pretty good, but the 3rd song (the single) is dreadful. Haven't yet got around to listening to the rest of the album.

I wouldn't say The Editors are ripping off anyone exactly. In fact, I quite like In The Back Room when I'm looking for some new post punk. That said, my criticism of the band would be that there is not a lot of diversity in their catalog pre In This Light; they were certainly not doing anything that could be considered original or particularly creative. In This Light just didn't work. I was hoping they would get more interesting, but they didn't. Oh well.

The fact that I love Joy Division makes them less awesome to me, but there's still some awesomeness left over. Good band.

No, no, no. Editors make terrible albums. They're fine musicians and clearly have great taste in music - main influences being Walkmen, Joy Division, Echo & The Bunnymen - but they try too hard to be something they just aren't.

Their debut 'The Back Room' was good. Several great tracks there.. but their last two albums have been shocking. Apart from the singles, which are ok for the dancefloor, it's all absolute dross.

I honestly can't say that I'm very fond of their sound. I have attempted to listen to their records on multiple occasions and even paid to go see them live out of curiousity. I was sadly let down and am still surprised that their generating any sort of buzz. My cousin sent me a clip and interview from their live show in Bucharest (she lives there) and it only confirms my thoughts. The guys just seem to lack passion behind their eyes for what they do and it is completely reflected in their live show.

I love the new album. I wasn't sure if I would, as it sounds quite different, but it's brilliant. I really like that it's short, there's no filler tracks so I don't get bored listening to it and not get to the end as with some albums.

They're really good live, too.

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Great band, check 'em, give some feedback!

Are you referring to the pale imitation of post punk Joy Division?

Sorry, I don't know who that is....