Editors - Violence (2018) [24 44 FLAC]

Editors - Violence (2018) [24.44 FLAC]

Genre: Pop/Rock
Style: Indie Rock, New Wave
Source: WEB
Codec: FLAC
Bit Rate: ~ 1,500 kbps
Bit Depth: 24
Sample Rate: 44.1 kHz

01 Cold
02 Hallelujah (So Low)
03 Violence
04 Darkness at the Door
05 Nothingness
06 Magazine
07 No Sound But the Wind
08 Counting Spooks
09 Belong
10 The Pulse
11 When We Were Angels

The Editors have always been good at evincing the sound of their idols, and 2018's grandiose, pop-infused Violence is no exception. Helping the band to achieve this deft balance is journeyman British guitarist and producer Leo Abrahams. Working with Abrahams, the Editors have adopted a dynamic studio sheen that gives hooky cuts like the propulsively anthemic "Magazine" and the Kate Bush-meets-Peter Gabriel-sounding "Darkness at the Door" an added theatrical wallop. It's an approach that works equally well on the more vintage-leaning tracks, as on the arch "Counting Spooks" and the hooky "Nothingness," where the band draw heavily upon Giorgio Moroder's synthy dance-pop. Pleasantly, while there is an evident move toward bigger pop hooks and production on Violence, the band are clearly still interested in wrestling with timely issues and real emotions. "Hallelujah (So Low)" was purportedly written after Smith returned from an Oxfam trip to help Syrian refugees in Northern Greece. He sings "I bleed like a millionaire, cause my bones lay with dust in your care." Interestingly, they also make room for an equally timely reworking of their ballad "No Sound But the Wind," which was inspired by Cormac McCarthy's post-apocalyptic novel The Road and originally featured on the Twilight Saga: New Moon Soundtrack. With Violence, the Editors have crafted a big pop album on their own terms, rife with grand, operatic gestures and heat-seeking hooks that cut deep, just as they put salve on your wounds