Editors To Play Sold-Out Show At The Apollo
Since the release of their critically acclaimed debut, The Back Room in 2005, Editors have arguably developed into one of Britain's most successful and talented live acts.
After the grandeur, emotive sound of An End Has A Start two years later, they returned at the end of last year with the highly anticipated In This Light And On This Evening. Whilst the album still contained the previous elements of the band's distinctive sound, it was nevertheless a prominent change of direction into electronic territory that the band were greatly aware of after its completion.
“It's a 'grower'; it really is,” concedes the band's drummer, Ed Lay. “It's not the most instant album, and nor were we intending it to be that way, but we're very happy with it.”
“We really wanted to change what we were doing. When we started to write for the record we realised we were going into the rehearsal room and the stuff we were coming up with was more than a nod to what we'd done previously,” he explains further. “We were finishing a session and going home unfulfilled so we knew we had to change something. We've definitely got variety now.”
The band are currently part way through the second U.K. tour of this current album campaign; the first one having took place shortly after the initial release of the record; at which point their fans had been given little time to familiarise themselves with the new tracks being showcased.
“On the last tour I think people had bought tickets on the basis of what we'd done before so you're always going to get a few blank faces staring back at you,” confirms Ed.
Despite having had an illustrious career to date, the band were still apprehensive about their fans' dedication after the noticeable neglect of guitars on the new album had been given time to settle in.
“I was a little worried about this tour,” admits Ed. “I didn't know how it was going to go but as soon as we got on stage on the first night I thought, 'This is absolutely what we should be doing'.”
Editors play Manchester Apollo on 16th March, with support from Cold Cave and The Strange Death of Liberal England. Tickets are sold out.
After the grandeur, emotive sound of An End Has A Start two years later, they returned at the end of last year with the highly anticipated In This Light And On This Evening. Whilst the album still contained the previous elements of the band's distinctive sound, it was nevertheless a prominent change of direction into electronic territory that the band were greatly aware of after its completion.
“It's a 'grower'; it really is,” concedes the band's drummer, Ed Lay. “It's not the most instant album, and nor were we intending it to be that way, but we're very happy with it.”
“We really wanted to change what we were doing. When we started to write for the record we realised we were going into the rehearsal room and the stuff we were coming up with was more than a nod to what we'd done previously,” he explains further. “We were finishing a session and going home unfulfilled so we knew we had to change something. We've definitely got variety now.”
The band are currently part way through the second U.K. tour of this current album campaign; the first one having took place shortly after the initial release of the record; at which point their fans had been given little time to familiarise themselves with the new tracks being showcased.
“On the last tour I think people had bought tickets on the basis of what we'd done before so you're always going to get a few blank faces staring back at you,” confirms Ed.
Despite having had an illustrious career to date, the band were still apprehensive about their fans' dedication after the noticeable neglect of guitars on the new album had been given time to settle in.
“I was a little worried about this tour,” admits Ed. “I didn't know how it was going to go but as soon as we got on stage on the first night I thought, 'This is absolutely what we should be doing'.”
Editors play Manchester Apollo on 16th March, with support from Cold Cave and The Strange Death of Liberal England. Tickets are sold out.
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