EDITORS : In This Light & On This Evening (Kitchenware)

Oct 11 2009 by Paul Cole, Sunday Mercury

EDITORS

In This Light & On This Evening (Kitchenware)

wBRUM’S finest bravely played the new album in its entirety when they opened the new O2 Academy, and the songs rubbed shoulders comfortably with older material. Trouble is, while Tom Smith & Co cut the mustard live, Editors albums lean towards lacklustre and – the atmospheric keyboards of the opening title track apart – this is more of the same. Both Papillon and Bricks And Mortar may work onstage, but here they’re refugees from the sterile 1980s, with old-fashioned synths, spiky guitar and weary vocals. Roll on tomorrow. PC