Mhountsword

$o damn good.

Wonderful little post-rock revival album. Has some great emotional beats and actually wonderful lyrics sprinkled throughout, coupled with groovy and rocking guitars, bass and drums. Tom Smith's vocals have always been the highlight of Editors for me and this album is no different. His voice soars over each track as a powerful instrument all of its own, which both complements and is complemented by the instrumentals incredibly well. Not an amazing album but definitely worth a listen.

Beautiful instrumentals, beautiful lyrics, beautiful sounds. Liked the second half better than the first half to be honest, but the pop soundscape is wonderful across each track regardless. Definitely coming back to this one on repeat.

First of all, love the production choices here. Took me a song or two to get used to how raw and frankly even slightly flawed the songs sounded. Once you see it from the perspective of watching the band play, and seeing Hope Sandoval sing as her voice echoes throughout the room and each track, you realise the ethereal nature behind the music.

Have to say that even though the lyrics are wonderful and introspective, I was kind of waiting for a few songs to go somewhere. A handful of tracks ... read more