Editors - Violence (PIAS) 2018
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Violence is Editors’ most expansive, assertive and aggressive effort. It sounds perfect, but it also sounds like a band that is flexing its creative muscles in a skillful and thoughtful way. Pulsing with frustration about current affairs and tackling everyday life, from relationships to the hard paths of friendship, Tom Smith’s pointed lyrics lead us to a path where we find the light and optimism in all this darkness. Overall, Violence is a confident and bold effort, equally arresting in its breadth of content and creativity, brilliant produced by Leo Abrahams and with the additional production from Benjamin John Power (aka experimental producer Blanck Mass), two key elements that this time around really helped Editors to push all the right buttons.