"I'm so glad I found this / I'm so glad I did." Those are the first two lines of the very first Editors song I ever heard. It's called "Munich" and it's from their debut album The Back Room, released July 2005. It's track number two, but it's really what brings you into the album, full force.
The song's screaming guitars command you to move something. Tap your foot or wiggle in your chair. Something! The energy of the album is palpable (I can only imagine what the live shows are like!).
The driving beat of the drum and the taunting electric guitars just pump emotion out your speakers. "Don't say it's easy to follow a process / There's nothing harder than keeping a promise," the singer warns in the third track, "Blood." The guitars, again, push you through it: "If there's hope in your heart / It would flow to every part / If there's hope in your heart."The Back Room is such a refreshing contrast to most of what's out in the world of pop music as of late. It is akin only to the likes of less widely known (though amazing) artists such as Doves or Radiohead. It's not rock the way rock is known now, with its punk pollution. The Editors album is rock the way rock should be.
Each song is just as fervent as the last; and with a sound somewhat similar to that of Doves, Radiohead, Travis (who actually sound a lot like Radiohead at times) and perhaps even Coldplay's last album all wrapped into one, Editors can make a great addition to your music library. The Back Room didn't become one of the UK's coveted Nationwide Mercury Albums of the Year for nothing!
If you haven't already picked it up, be sure you do. After one listen you'll be singing the first few lines of "Munich" just as loudly as I am.
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