The Back Room - Editors
This is one of those albums that grows on the listener slowly and then takes a hold, refusing to let go. Currently poised to make it big Stateside, Editors have been compared by many to Joy Division. This, their debut album, certainly has elements of the Manchester quartet—singer Tom Smith’s stark vocals coupled with some Chris Urbanowicz industrial-sounding guitar parts definitely confirm the band’s appreciation of Ian Curtis, et al. On other parts of The Back Room, the band manages to create an epic sound without being overblown or overproduced. By the way, don’t call them the Editors—we tried it once and they gave us a dead leg and a Chinese burn …
