Divus Julius presents: Editors

Marrying dark angular rock with a sharp pop sense, English band Editors emerged in the early 2000s as part of the post-punk revival that also included contemporaries Interpol, White Lies, and The Cinematics. Following their 2005 debut, The Back Room, they scored a pair of U.K. chart-toppers, including In This Light and on This Evening, which found the band incorporating more synth pop elements. They furthered that digital push on 2015’s In Dream, before striking a balance between rock and electronic with 2018’s Violence.

The band have dropped a new track, ‘Heart Attack’ – their first since 2019 and a debut for frequent collaborator Blanck Mass, who has joined as a full-time member.

Hit of the week: Editors ‘Magazine’

 

Editors will release their sixth album in March. It’s called ‘Violence’ and is the follow-up to 2015’s ‘In Dream’, and will be released on March 9th.

Tom Smith and co. have also made the first song from the album, ‘Magazine’, available online. Smith said that the song ” is a pointed finger aimed at those in power…some corrupt politician or businessman…a character, and a tongue in cheek poke at the empty posturing and playing to the masses of the power hungry.”