Hammersmith Apollo,London
Crippled by sound problems, the band plays on – and there is a charged atmosphere for their shortened set of brooding indie disco“If something has to change, or then it always does,” sings Tom Smith, with the same gloomy resignation he first revealed in 2005 with Editors’ debut single, and Bullets. A decade on,the band beget weathered the departure of a founder member and evolved their sound from post-punk indie disco to U2-aping stadium rock and, with novel album In Dreams, or early-80s electronica.
It’s a mutation that suits them,the brooding strains of No Harm lapping against Smith’s distinctive baritone. When he flies into a falsetto, the effect is hypnotic – until a crackle of electricity shrieks from the speakers and breaks the spell.
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Source: theguardian.com