Add Date: January 12
Artist: Editors
Album: In This Light and On This Evening
Label: Faderlabel
Genre: Rock, post-punk
Comments: While my co-host Kimber is a champion for Editors's (they make it abundantly clear that they are not "The" Editors) cause, I'm not as easily persuaded by these watered-down Joy Division rip-off artists, a "quality" which is even more abundant on In This Light and On This Evening. Plenty of synthesizers, murky bass lines, and deep spoken-word-esque vocals, but I'd say Interpol did it better. "Bricks and Mortar" builds (I couldn't resist) into something pretty catchy, but strays just past the six-minute mark, not exactly kosher for a pop song. Call me snarky, but I guess it's redeeming if fans of the band will find their way to Ian Curtis's far superior group through them. Silver lining.
Artist: Editors
Album: In This Light and On This Evening
Label: Faderlabel
Genre: Rock, post-punk
Comments: While my co-host Kimber is a champion for Editors's (they make it abundantly clear that they are not "The" Editors) cause, I'm not as easily persuaded by these watered-down Joy Division rip-off artists, a "quality" which is even more abundant on In This Light and On This Evening. Plenty of synthesizers, murky bass lines, and deep spoken-word-esque vocals, but I'd say Interpol did it better. "Bricks and Mortar" builds (I couldn't resist) into something pretty catchy, but strays just past the six-minute mark, not exactly kosher for a pop song. Call me snarky, but I guess it's redeeming if fans of the band will find their way to Ian Curtis's far superior group through them. Silver lining.
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