Editors (single, album)

The Indie Bar Kid · 07-13-2005, 07:02 AM

For the third time in my life here on earth a band has given me multiple orgasms. Yeah OK it sounds like the cover of the Sun, but its true. Their first three singles have been jaw-droppers (if you look carefully there’s a jaw-groove on my bedroom carpet…If you look even closer you’ll see other stuff, so don’t) and Munich has to be one of the tracks of the century thus far. If I can get through the album without erupting from the inside out in a bizarre pleasure-induced implosion it will only to come back and write threads on every song decrying their brilliance.

So, anybody else having the same palpitations, or are these just another low-class Joy Division tea-leafers?

Now if you’ll excuse me I have to go keep Kleen-ex in business…

Imonlydancing · 07-13-2005, 08:39 AM

oooh, they're playing round the corner from me soon, i think i'm gonna go, should be good. yeup.

Sneer · 07-13-2005, 11:50 AM

sorry to talk sour grapes but i think everything they havedone so far sounds exactly the same. i wouldnt say they rip off division as much as interpol but lets just say their hardly original.

_The_Repeats_ · 07-13-2005, 02:08 PM

The Editors are playing at the Oxfordshire Truck Festival lovie, along with The Magic Numbers and a few other decent bands. Gosh, I do hate people who don't like bands because they sound like other bands...

Sneer · 07-13-2005, 03:19 PM

why? because they appreciate originality?

_The_Repeats_ · 07-14-2005, 08:00 AM

No, because it would be impossible for every single band to sound completely different. Anyway, if you like the sound of one band, why not like another because it sounds similar?

Sneer · 07-14-2005, 10:23 AM

because sometimes i cant help thinking the band sounding like the other band have no creativity of their own. we all like music for different reasons and personally im a big fan of originality. that doesnt mean i dont like completely cloned bands- i dig interpol and the subways after all.

adidasss · 07-19-2005, 04:47 PM

hmmmm..listening to them right now on nme.com ( and someone said it's a sucky-suck website...tisk tisk )....and i have to reluctantly say they sound exactly like interpol ( well their first album anyway )....interpol are being accused of sounding too much like joy division but i have to disagree, their sound is a lot different from joy division...but these guys rip off interpol in such a fashion it's criminal....
still it's descent stuff.....maybe it's a slow burner... like arcade fire....so far i wouldn't say i'm blown away like i was with interpol.....maybe that will change...

IndiElectronica · 08-05-2005, 08:22 AM

love this album.. Especially the songs 'Blood' and 'Fall'.

Seeing them in a couple months at Oxford Zodiac too...

gotjuice · 10-13-2009, 08:04 PM

I'm bumping this thread to get opinions on the new album, In This Light And On This Evening. I was very skeptical when I heard the band was leaving their traditional sound to feature more synth/electronic influenced music, but after hearing the album I really can't complain. To me they went from sounding like Interpol to sounding similar to Depeche Mode, which I can't really complain with. I will say the title track on the new album is hands down my favorite song they've done, just that little plinking bass in the background with the deep vocals over it was great (at least for me).

This is the only Editors thread I could find (there were threads with discussion about Editors but this was the only thread devoted specifically to Editors).

07-13-2005, 07:02 AM	#1 (permalink)
The Indie Bar Kid In Original Packaging Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: . Posts: 191	Editors For the third time in my life here on earth a band has given me multiple orgasms. Yeah OK it sounds like the cover of the Sun, but its true. Their first three singles have been jaw-droppers (if you look carefully there’s a jaw-groove on my bedroom carpet…If you look even closer you’ll see other stuff, so don’t) and Munich has to be one of the tracks of the century thus far. If I can get through the album without erupting from the inside out in a bizarre pleasure-induced implosion it will only to come back and write threads on every song decrying their brilliance. So, anybody else having the same palpitations, or are these just another low-class Joy Division tea-leafers? Now if you’ll excuse me I have to go keep Kleen-ex in business… __________________ We must take all of the medicines too expensive now to sell, Set fire to the preacher who is promising us hell. Into the ear of every anarchist that sleeps, but doesn't dream, We must sing We must sing We must sing I CAN'T TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DEATH AND GLORY.... And Im so clever But clever ain't wise

07-13-2005, 11:50 AM	#3 (permalink)
Sneer Let it drip Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 5,430	sorry to talk sour grapes but i think everything they havedone so far sounds exactly the same. i wouldnt say they rip off division as much as interpol but lets just say their hardly original. __________________ LastFM Sneer's Emporium of Sound Fright Team radio show

07-13-2005, 02:08 PM	#4 (permalink)
_The_Repeats_ Music Addict Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Oxford. Woo yeah. Ehem. Posts: 58	The Editors are playing at the Oxfordshire Truck Festival lovie, along with The Magic Numbers and a few other decent bands. Gosh, I do hate people who don't like bands because they sound like other bands... __________________ I never wanted to love you, but that's okay... I always knew that you'd leave me anyway. You're treading on awfully thin ice darling, it's so awfully thin. It's almost turning to water, as we speak. *~~#You.Are.Too.Far.Gone.^'\|\|¬.

07-13-2005, 03:19 PM	#5 (permalink)
Sneer Let it drip Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 5,430	why? because they appreciate originality? __________________ LastFM Sneer's Emporium of Sound Fright Team radio show

07-14-2005, 08:00 AM	#6 (permalink)
_The_Repeats_ Music Addict Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Oxford. Woo yeah. Ehem. Posts: 58	No, because it would be impossible for every single band to sound completely different. Anyway, if you like the sound of one band, why not like another because it sounds similar? __________________ I never wanted to love you, but that's okay... I always knew that you'd leave me anyway. You're treading on awfully thin ice darling, it's so awfully thin. It's almost turning to water, as we speak. *~~#You.Are.Too.Far.Gone.^'\|\|¬.

07-13-2005, 08:39 AM	#2 (permalink)
Imonlydancing raaaaaaa Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Bedford Posts: 951	oooh, they're playing round the corner from me soon, i think i'm gonna go, should be good. yeup.

07-14-2005, 10:23 AM	#7 (permalink)
Sneer Let it drip Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 5,430	because sometimes i cant help thinking the band sounding like the other band have no creativity of their own. we all like music for different reasons and personally im a big fan of originality. that doesnt mean i dont like completely cloned bands- i dig interpol and the subways after all. __________________ LastFM Sneer's Emporium of Sound Fright Team radio show

07-19-2005, 04:47 PM	#8 (permalink)
adidasss Slavic gay sauce Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Abu Dhabi Posts: 7,993	hmmmm..listening to them right now on nme.com ( and someone said it's a sucky-suck website...tisk tisk )....and i have to reluctantly say they sound exactly like interpol ( well their first album anyway )....interpol are being accused of sounding too much like joy division but i have to disagree, their sound is a lot different from joy division...but these guys rip off interpol in such a fashion it's criminal.... still it's descent stuff.....maybe it's a slow burner... like arcade fire....so far i wouldn't say i'm blown away like i was with interpol.....maybe that will change... __________________ “Think of what a paradise this world would be if men were kind and wise.” - Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle. Last.fm

08-05-2005, 08:22 AM	#9 (permalink)
IndiElectronica Music Addict Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: UK Posts: 657	love this album.. Especially the songs 'Blood' and 'Fall'. Seeing them in a couple months at Oxford Zodiac too... __________________ Check out my Radio Station at: http://www.indielectronicaonline.com

10-13-2009, 08:04 PM	#10 (permalink)
gotjuice Rose City til I die! Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Boise, ID Posts: 366	I'm bumping this thread to get opinions on the new album, In This Light And On This Evening. I was very skeptical when I heard the band was leaving their traditional sound to feature more synth/electronic influenced music, but after hearing the album I really can't complain. To me they went from sounding like Interpol to sounding similar to Depeche Mode, which I can't really complain with. I will say the title track on the new album is hands down my favorite song they've done, just that little plinking bass in the background with the deep vocals over it was great (at least for me). This is the only Editors thread I could find (there were threads with discussion about Editors but this was the only thread devoted specifically to Editors). __________________ I used to be carried in the arms of cheerleaders...