The Back Room was a typical indie debut: some great songs with huge singalong choruses that inspired devotion regardless of their samey nature. What marked Editors out was the classic combination of frontman and guitarist: Tom Smith s joyless voice over Urbanowicz s circular guitar lines. However, the band became an easy target for music critics who accused them of ripping off Joy Division, of being a poor man s Interpol.
We don t want to sound like anyone else but we are not afraid to reference other bands, said the Nottingham-born 26-year-old, who worked in a shoe shop before signing a record deal. It s easier to put on a record and say to someone This is the sound I want than anything else. I remember us actually playing our producer the Twin Peaks theme to try and get a bassline sound we wanted on this album.
A lot of people are still referencing the same bands as the they did when reviewing the first album but we ve used everything from Kraftwerk to Kate Bush.
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