release date: Oct. 12, 2009
format: digital
[album rate: 3 / 5] [3,12]
producer: Flood
label: Kitchenware - nationality: England, UK
Track highlights: 1. "In This Light and on This Evening" - 2. "Bricks and Mortar" - 3. "Papillon" - 4. "You Don't Know Love" - 5. "The Big Exit" - 9. "Walk the Fleet Road"
3rd studio album by Editors is 'as usual' released on Kitchenware, and also as usual the band makes use of a new producer - this time the acclaimed Flood (aka Mark Ellis). At first I was rather disappointed with this album. It's almost a new style and in a new blend of genres, which made it hard to accept as an Editors album but I it's better than that, only not really great. It's the band's involvement into synth-pop, or synth rock and almost without the blazing distorted guitars you'll find on the two previous album releases. Here the tracks are made of synthesizers and drum machines instead of original guitar and drums. Although, it contains a few really fine tracks it also has some fillers, which ultimately doesn't make it any near a favourite Editors album. This is the last studio album featuring founding member, guitarist and keyboardist of the band, Chris Urbanowicz.
[ allmusic.com 3,5 / 5, NME 2,5 / 5, The Independent 3 / 5 stars ]
