Editors - Smokers Outside The Hospital Doors (Kitchenware)
UK release date: 18 June 2007
Isn't it just fantastic to have Editors back? And not just back, but back sounding exactly like they did two years ago, as if all that matters in music is Joy Division infused with a smattering of the kind of piano chords that, when not backed up with Tom Smith's baritone and a fair dose of knowing miserabilism, might give the term epic indie a bad name.
In other words, Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors is a fantastic single. Building to the kind of crashing guitar crescendos they do so well, its clever title and layers of orchestral/industrial keyboards and strings make it a perfect reintroduction to one of the decade's best bands. At 5 minutes long it's worth every second, particularly when the dense harmonies cut in around the 4 minute mark.
And the best thing of all about it? There's a whole album as good as this just around the corner. Smokers Outside The Hospital Doors is just the appetiser for An End Has A Start, an album that is about to deliver everything this promises. A welcome return from a band we don't ever want to go away.
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