Editors

Editors
Editors at Brixton Academy, London, 2013
General information
Genre (s)	Indie rock , new wave , post punk
founding	2003
Website	editorsofficial.com
Founding members
Vocals , guitar	Tom Smith
guitar	Chris Urbanowicz
bass	Russell Leetch
Drums	Ed Lay
Current occupation
Vocals , guitar	Tom Smith
bass	Russell Leetch
Drums	Ed Lay
guitar	Justin Lockey
Synthesizer , guitar	Elliott Williams

Editors are a British indie rock - band with strong bonds in New Wave - and post-punk spectrum.

history

The beginnings of the band go back to the year 2000: The original line-up - Tom Smith , Chris Urbanowicz, Russell Leetch and Geraint Owen - initially called themselves pilot . They met at Staffordshire University in the Music Technology course . After various name changes, the departure of Owens and the “newcomer” Ed Lay , the band members finished their studies in 2003 and moved to Birmingham . In 2004 they signed a contract with Kitchenware Records and called themselves Editors from then on .

In January 2005, the debut single Bullets appeared , with which they hit the British single charts straight away. The single became one of the most played songs on alternative radio stations. The band confirmed this success with their second single.

The second album An End Has a Start was released on June 22, 2007, the first single was Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors . On October 9, 2009, the third album In This Light and on This Evening followed .

In a BBC interview, the band stated that the first demos for another album already existed and that work on it could begin after the Berlin Festival 2010.

In April 2012 guitarist and keyboardist Chris Urbanowicz left the band. This decision was made with a view to the future musical direction and with great sadness. The planned festivals for 2012 were not canceled. Instead, Justin Lockey joined the band as guitarist and Elliott Williams (mainly keyboard / synthesizer, at concerts in 2014 temporarily represented by Nick Willes). The appearance at the Belgian festival Rock Werchter in the summer of 2012 is considered a baptism of fire for the new line-up. Work on the fourth album continued together in Nashville .

On May 7, 2013, advance sales began for the fourth album The Weight of Your Love , which was released in July 2013 as CD, vinyl and MP3 download with eleven new tracks.

Editors at Amphi Festival 2016

Editors at Amphi Festival 2016

In October 2014 the band retired to Scotland to work on the fifth album. Using the keyword “E5”, she kept her fans up to date with photos or small videos via social networks. In April 2015, the band and their fans organized a kind of scavenger hunt online: It was announced that a track from the new album had been hidden on a CD “out there”. A fan found three days later the song "No Harm" as a hidden track on a current PIAS - sampler and placed it at YouTube one.

The sixth album “VI OLENCE” followed in March 2018, typographically recording the counting method known from its predecessor (E6 = cf. Roman VI). In February, the band presented the album to a small group of fans - winners of a video competition - in a cottage in Surrey in advance, including an acoustic set that was also broadcast via a Facebook live stream. The associated tour (EU, USA) took place in spring, followed by a festival campaign in summer. She led the band back to Werchter, Belgium, as headliner at TW Classic. A continuation will follow in autumn (UK, EU).

style

Like Bloc Party , The National , The Killers , Interpol or The Bravery , their style is heavily influenced by bands like Elbow , Doves , Joy Division , the early REM and Echo & The Bunnymen . The baritone voice of their singer Tom Smith, which is reminiscent of Ian Curtis from Joy Division or Sivert Høyem from Madrugada, is particularly striking .

Others

• The medieval rock band In Extremo covered the song An End Has A Start from the album of the same name on their album Sängerkrieg . Contrary to the original, however, whose chorus line says "You came on your own, that's how you'll leave", in-extremo frontman Michael Robert Rhein sings "You came on your own, that's how you live".

• During the Accelerate Tour 2008 of the band REM , Editors were active as support act at some concerts.

• In 2009 the editors were represented on the Rhythms del Mundo album "Classics" with a Latin version of "Walk on the Wild Side".

• In June 2010 the band took part in some concerts, such as B. on June 19th in Goffertpark in Nijmegen , as opening act for the British band Muse on their Resistance tour . Before that, both bands played at the 25th anniversary of Rock am Ring .

• In winter 2011 singer and front man Tom Smith released an album with Christmas songs under the title Funny Looking Angels together with Andy Burrows (formerly Razorlight among others ) .

• The band supports the charity Oxfam . For example, Oxfam employees are allowed to promote their cause at Editors' concerts; In June 2015, the band provided a 300-piece LP test pressing of the new single "Marching Orders", which was sold in selected Oxfam stores in Great Britain, Belgium and Germany.

gallery

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  Editors 2007 (from left to right: Chris Urbanowicz, Tom Smith)

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  Singer Tom Smith

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  Singer Tom Smith

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  Former guitarist Chris Urbanowicz

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  Bass player Russell Leetch

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  Bass player Russell Leetch

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  Editors 2010

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  Tom Smith - The Editors - Bilbao BBK live 2013

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  Tom Smith, Serengeti Festival '14

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2005	The back room	-	-	-	UK2 platinum (50 weeks)UK	-	First published: July 25, 2005
2007	An End Has a Start	DE24 (4 weeks) DE	-	CH31 (4 weeks) CH	UK1 platinum (40 weeks)UK	US117 (1 week) US	First published: June 25, 2007
2009	In This Light and on This Evening	DE8 (5 weeks) DE	AT50 (3 weeks) AT	CH12 (4 weeks) CH	UK1 gold (7 weeks)UK	-	First published: October 12, 2009
2013	The Weight of Your Love	DE4 (8 weeks) DE	AT10 (3 weeks) AT	CH4 (9 weeks) CH	UK6 (9 weeks) UK	-	First published: June 28, 2013
2015	In Dream	DE11 (3 weeks) DE	AT15 (2 weeks) AT	CH7 (3 weeks) CH	UK5 (3 weeks) UK	-	First release: October 2nd, 2015 double CD
2018	Violence	DE6 (4 weeks) DE	AT6 (3 weeks) AT	CH10 (3 weeks) CH	UK6 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: March 9, 2018

Live albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2019	The Blanck Mass Sessions	DE53 (1 week) DE	AT67 (1 week) AT	CH90 (1 week) CH	-	-	First published: May 3, 2019

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2019	Black Gold: Best of Editors	DE21 (1 week) DE	AT50 (1 week) AT	CH94 (1 week) CH	UK28 (1 week) UK	-	First published: October 25, 2019

EPs

• 2003: Snowfield Demo EP (as Snowfield )

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2005	Bullets The Back Room	-	-	-	UK27 (5 weeks) UK	-	Initial release: January 24th, 2005 Republication: September 26th, 2005
	Munich The Back Room	-	-	-	UK10 (15 weeks) UK	-	First published: April 18, 2005 Republished: January 2, 2006
	Blood The Back Room	-	-	-	UK18 (6 weeks) UK	-	Initial release: July 11, 2005 Republication: June 19, 2006
2006	All Sparks The Back Room	DE82 (3 weeks) DE	-	-	UK21 (3 weeks) UK	-	First published: March 27, 2006
2007	Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors An End Has a Start	-	-	-	UK7 (8 weeks) UK	-	First published: June 18, 2007
	An End Has a Start An End Has a Start	DE88 (1 week) DE	-	-	UK27 (5 weeks) UK	-	First published: September 3, 2007
	The Racing Rats An End Has a Start	-	-	-	UK26 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: November 26, 2007
2008	Push Your Head Towards the Air An End Has a Start	-	-	-	-	-	First published: March 3, 2008
	Bones An End Has a Start	-	-	-	-	-	First release: June 2nd, 2008 Download single
2009	Papillon In This Light and on This Evening	DE43 (7 weeks) DE	AT44 (4 weeks) AT	CH52 (4 weeks) CH	UK23 (3 weeks) UK	-	First published: October 12, 2009
2010	You Don't Know Love In This Light and on This Evening	-	-	-	-	-	First published: January 25, 2010
	Last day	-	-	-	-	-	First published: April 17th, 2010 Limited single
	Eat Raw Meat = Blood Drool In This Light and on This Evening	-	-	-	-	-	First published: May 24, 2010
	No sound but the wind	-	-	-	-	-	First published: July 26, 2010 Live at Rock Werchter 2010
2013	A Ton of Love The Weight of Your Love	-	-	-	-	-	First published: June 24, 2013

Others

In 2011 the limited box "Unedited" was released. It contained all three previously released albums on CD and LP as well as four CDs / LPs with B-sides or other rarities under the title "You are fading I - IV", as well as a book with photos and a list of all concerts. The first pre-orderers received a handwritten lyrics of your choice by Tom Smith, others were named in the book.

swell

1. ↑ first band biography ( memento from January 24th, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ [1] at bbc.co.uk, accessed on August 26, 2010
3. ^ Article in the magazine "Aspects", ZDF, July 5, 2013 ( Memento from November 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
4. ^ Message on the editor's homepage ( Memento from July 5, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) from July 1, 2013
5. ↑ Twitter example ( Memento from December 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
6. ↑ [2]
7. ↑ [3]
8. ↑ ^{a b c d} Editors at AllMusic
9. ↑ laut.de biography
10. ↑ ^{a b} “We are not afraid of writing pop songs.” - Interview with the editors ( memento of the original from February 21, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
11. ↑ ^{a b} The Back Room
12. ↑ album on amazon
13. ↑ album on amazon
14. ↑ [4]
15. ↑ Archive link ( Memento from June 22, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
16. ↑ ^{a b c d} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
17. ↑ Music Sales Awards: UK
18. ↑ Table of contents on discogs.com

Web links

Commons : Editors  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website (English)
• Editors at Allmusic (English)
• Editors at Discogs (English)
• Editors at MusicBrainz (English)
• Editors at laut.de