11. Editors, In This Light And On This Evening (title track)

(recycled via thisistheglamorous)

What I like about Editors is their style. Sure, it may not be totally original, as a Joy Division/Interpol rip-off or as another successful example of the ‘meaningfulcore’ aspect of indie rock; but if they can carry it off, then it’s good. The Back Room was about establishing their sound, and An End Has A Start was about taking it to dramatic heights with slightly shoegaze-y guitars. In This Light And On This Evening strips back the guitars in favour of more electronic sounds. It’s a change in trajectory, certainly, but just as effective, if not more, at creating atmospheres of mood and intensity in their music. That’s their style, and they’ve reappropriated the sounds of post-punk and the 80s in its service. ‘In This Light And On This Evening’ blends a motorik beat with more modern, Mogwai-like guitar at the end, but then the next track opens with the most blatantly retro combination of drum machine and bass. You hear about bands wearing their influences on their sleeves, but here Editors are wearing not the influences but the sounds themselves, and their stylishness comes from flaunting that with a modern walk.