Description

Deservedly or not, it seems like every young post-punk British band got at least 15 minutes of fame in the early 2000s. Editors, despite comparisons to bands like Joy Division, Coldplay, and Interpol as well as the din of the hype machine blowing full-force behind them, play with a passion and intensity that makes them more than deserving of the praise they received both in the U.K. and the States.

Biography

Neo-post-punk quartet the Editors formed in 2003 Originally dubbed Snowfield the group comprised singerguitarist Tom Smith lead guitarist Chris Urbanowicz bassist Russell Leetch and drummer Ed Lay all music technology students at Britains Stafford University who relocated to Birmingham after graduation A series of a well-received club dates and a single demo tape earned the Editors the interest of British labels large and small and after a bidding frenzy the group signed to a revitalized Kitchenware the venerable British indie once home to Prefab Sprout Kitchenware issued their debut single Bullets in early January 2005 and the record sold out in one day earning comparison to the dark dramatic sound of contemporary bands like Interpol and Bloc Party as well as ancestors like Joy Division and Echo the Bunnymen The Editors follow-up Munich made them darlings of the UK music press and just weeks after their standout performance at the annual Glastonbury Music Festival the band issued its third single Blood Their much-anticipated debut LP The Back Room followed in mid-2005 Munich was reissued in January 2006 placing The Back Room in the Top Five on the UK album chart and earning the band a gold record A joint North American tour with stellastarr coincided with the stateside release of The Back Room in March A Mercury Music Prize nomination followed in July Jason Ankeny All Music Guide