Editors – The Back Room (LP) – White Vinyl

Album Info Hide Show Artist: Editors Album: The Back Room Released: Europe, 2020 Tracklist: A1 Lights A2 Munich A3 Blood A4 Fall A5 All Sparks A6 Camera B1 Fingers In The Factories B2 Bullets B3 Someone Says B4 Open Your Arms B5 Distance Info About Buying Vinyl From Our Record Store We are a small independent record store located at 211 High St, Preston in Melbourne, Australia (North of Northcote, between Thornbury & Reservoir) We buy and sell new and used vinyl records – if you have a collection you’d like to sell please click here . We ship Australia wide for a flat rate of $10 for standard shipping or $15 for express post. Free Shipping for orders $150 and over. You can also pick up your order in store, just select Local Pickup at the checkout. We also ship internationally – prices vary depending on weight and location. We ship vinyls in thick, rigid carboard mailers with a crushable zone on either side, and for extra safety we bubble wrap the records. 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You can contact our Melbourne record shop at (03) 9939 3807 or at [email protected] Happy Listening! Description Hide Show In the rush of mid-2000s guitar bands, Editors arrived with a debut that felt built for late nights and long shadows. The Back Room landed in July 2005 on Kitchenware Records and quickly earned the band a devoted following, platinum sales in the UK, and a Mercury Prize nomination the following year. That feels right when you drop the needle and hear how fully formed they were. Tom Smiths baritone sits right in the pocket of those taut, chiming guitars, while the rhythm section locks into a steady, unshowy pulse that keeps the tension coiled. Munich is the hook that grabbed a lot of us first. The chorus line people still shout at gigs, People are fragile things, you should know by now, captures the bands trick of sounding huge without sanding away the ache. Chris Urbanowiczs guitar is all clean lines and icy bite, but he leaves enough space for Russell Leetch and Ed Lay to drive the song forward. Blood keeps that momentum, its clipped riffs and quicksilver tempo wrapped around a melody that lodges in your head and refuses to move out. Then theres All Sparks, a tighter, nervier pop song that proves they could write for radio without blunting their edges. The darkroom mood never drifts into murk. Jim Abbiss, who produced the record, gives everything a crisp frame, so even the gloomiest corners feel alive. Camera chills the room with a careful hush, Smith sounding close enough to whisper in your ear. Open Your Arms rises in waves, a reminder that Editors were always aiming for rooms bigger than the clubs they cut their teeth in. And Fingers in the Factories is a shot of adrenaline that made sense as a set closer for years, the kind of track that turns a floor into a single moving body. Its hard to overstate how this record sat in its moment. Post-punk revival was the tag of the day, and sure, you can hear Interpol and Joy Division in the genetic code. But The Back Room feels less like a copy and more like a city of its own. The songs are lean, never cluttered, and the bands sense of drama comes from restraint rather than theatrics. Thats why the album plays so well front to back. You get the anthems that brought them to the charts, plus deeper cuts that reward repeat listens. Someone Says and Lights dont beg for attention, they earn it. By the time Distance closes the album, youve traveled from neon-lit streets to a quiet 3 a.m. walk home. The run of singles mattered. Bullets was the introduction, a declaration of intent that set the table for Munich. Those tracks brought a wave of press and festival slots, and critics took notice. The Mercury nod in 2006 helped cement the idea that Editors were not just riding a trend but writing songs that would hold up. Nearly twenty years on, this thing still snaps into focus the second it starts. If you collect, The Back Room vinyl deserves a spot on your shelf. Early pressings dont linger long in the wild, and new copies tend to vanish as soon as shops restock. That first drop of Lights through speakers gives the guitars a sheen you miss on compressed streams, and the low-end throb of Blood tightens in a way that flatters the bands precision. Ive seen copies disappear fast at my local Melbourne record store, and a quick scan of vinyl records Australia sites usually shows a few copies hovering in and out of stock. If you want a sure thing, its easy to buy Editors records online, and its worth browsing beyond the debut since Editors albums on vinyl make a tidy run on a shelf. But if youre starting somewhere, start here. The Back Room is that rare debut that sounds both of its time and slightly outside of it. Editors caught a mood and put it on tape with no bloat, no filler, just a clear sense of who they were and how loud a whisper could be. Its the kind of record that turns casual listeners into fans, and fans into people who wont leave without checking the E bin for Editors vinyl, just in case a copy is hiding there waiting to be found. Product Reviews Hide Show Write a Review