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Editors
In This Light And On This Evening
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Rating: 4. 4 out of 5

Link: http://www.editorsofficial.com/

Editors came out of left field in the U.S. with a sound as cliche to any goth as wearing shear, see-thru black shirts and blacker latex boots. But it’s a band — now on their third album and probably way too familiar to the UK audiences — that is really good at what they do. And I mean, really good. So what if you can chalk it up to them sounding like they are the biggest Joy Division fans on this planet.

I’m sure the second thought that comes out of your mind after perusing In The Light And On This Evening is that Interpol already did this. True, but as cliche as this album sounds, beyond the brooding and the “End of the world” philosophy, the album is done so tastefully well that you cannot help but get trapped in their musical web.

Surrendering to the New New Romantic, “Papillon” is the 21st Century “I Ran” while “Eat Raw Meat = Blood Drool” takes the charismatic philosophy of Bauhaus-style songwriting and puts it under a Cabaret Voltaire canopy. As hard as you try not to, you will run these songs in the ground.

But that’s where this album should stay, underground with its bold electronics and darkly lit prose, haunting persona, and wicked danceable beats, even when they decide to take a minimal synth approach (the song “Human,” for example).

As instantaneous as all of this is, and as much as you want to scream and point “Bowie suckup!” I would be the first to admit that any of these songs could have easily gone on any of my ‘80s mix tapes without a blink of an eye.

And for that, I’m proud to enjoy this album like I would a guilty pleasure.