如果将Editors的出现，视作英国为回应美国先出了一组Interpol而来，未免滑稽。虽然，我们明白那说法源自双方青年中间虽横亘着大西洋的距离，却似乎拥有着共同的音乐影响—Joy Division，尽管那传奇性主唱Ian Curtis早于Editors出生前已结束自己。 来自英国四面八方的青年们在大学里相遇，主唱Tom Smith、吉他手Chris Urbanowicz 、贝斯手Russ Leetch与鼓手Ed Lay这四位毕业後为共同理想一起移居伯明罕，回绝主流唱片之邀与独立厂牌签约，堪称相当性格。当然，在确认他们的音乐血缘之前，无论如何，这的确又是一帮复古份子，玩着近几年英国忽然回锅再热的类型，从Franz Ferdinand、Bloc Party到The Killers，强劲且厚实的低音部带着简洁但辛辣的吉他，大夥忽然发现摇滚乐又可以跳舞了，目前已清楚被划归至後庞克阵营的Editors如此看来居然不太有投机跟风之感，那被传媒哄抬的阴郁低回乃至新歌德招牌(如NME宣称的︰「Britain’s Gloomiest Band」)未必是他们真正胜出的关键，相对乐观的态度、直率的歌词与流畅的旋律显然才令他们崛起如平地一声雷。 首支单曲〈Bullets〉於去年一月限量推出，当天一千张便售罄。The Guardian誉为当年最叫人兴奋的摇滚乐作品之一的第二波劲歌〈Munich〉更确认了众人对他们成为年度新团的期待，顺利打进全英排行第22名。七月发表的第三支单曲〈Blood〉接力攻上第18名，说明了他们的魅力继续发酵。今年初〈Munich〉重发，不但缔造Editors生涯第一支全英十大单曲，也为首张专辑《The Back Room》做足暖身。果然专辑初登场便来到第13名且一反常态地向上直线攀升至亚军席次。《The Back Room》中愈发可见这帮青年其实并不打算也不愿意藉Joy Division或Echo & Bunnymen等经典前辈之名打天下，〈Bullets〉甚至泄漏着他们原来早有U2之风。NME 8分、Drowned in Sound 9分，同步见证了他们相当大器的格局，又甫入围本届水星音乐奖(Mercury Music Prize)年度最佳专辑，Editors的未来无疑非常可期！by Jason AnkenyNeo-post-punk quartet Editors formed in 2003. Originally dubbed Snowfield, the group comprised singer/guitarist Tom Smith, lead guitarist Chris Urbanowicz, bassist Russell Leetch, and drummer Ed Lay, all music technology students at Britains Stafford University who relocated to Birmingham after graduation. A series of a well-received club dates and a single demo tape earned Editors the interest of British labels large and small, and after a bidding frenzy the group signed to a revitalized Kitchenware, the venerable British indie once home to Prefab Sprout. Kitchenware issued their debut single, Bullets, in early January 2005 and the record sold out in one day, earning comparison to the dark, dramatic sound of contemporary bands like Interpol and Bloc Party as well as ancestors like Joy Division and Echo & the Bunnymen. Editors follow-up, Munich, made them darlings of the U.K. music press, and just weeks after their standout performance at the annual Glastonbury Music Festival, the band issued its third single, Blood. Their much-anticipated debut LP, The Back Room, followed in mid-2005. Munich was reissued in January 2006, placing The Back Room in the Top Five on the U.K. album chart and earning the band a gold record. A joint North American tour with stellastarr* coincided with the stateside release of The Back Room in March, and a Mercury Music Prize nomination followed in July. Editors sophomore effort, An End Has a Start, came out the following summer, preceded by the single Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors.