Editors biography
In This Light and on This Evening (2009-2010)
Lead singer Smith revealed that the band will explore a new direction on their next album, pursuing a new, rawer sound. Before January 2009, Editors had written around eighteen new songs for the new album and they have been described as some of the most synthetic, raw and anthemic songs they have written to date. In October the band went to the studio to record some demos. It announced that Mark 'Flood' Ellis would be the producer for the album. Earlier on in the year, the sound of the album was said to have a very electric feel the band often using the Terminator theme song as a reference.
On 2 June 2009, the album title was announced as being In This Light and on This Evening. Through producer Flood's heavy usage of synthesisers, the album provided a synthpop/post-punk sound to Editors' production. Flood, who is famous for collaborating with electronic music influenced bands like U2, Depeche Mode, The Killers and Erasure, helped develop synthetic elements on In This Light and on This Evening, which has resulted in a mixed reception from long-term devoted Editors fans as to the group's new direction.
It was also revealed that Editors would be the first band to play at the new O2 Academy Birmingham. Their album In This Light and on This Evening was released on 12 October. The track "Papillon" had its video premií¨re on the Sony PlayStation 3's "VidZone".
In 2009 it was announced that their unreleased song "No Sound But The Wind" would appear on the New Moon soundtrack. On the 18th of October 2009 the Band announced onstage whilst at The UEA LCR Norwich they had reached the number 1 slot in the album charts with new album "In This Light and On This Evening."
The group was supposed to kick off their European 2010 Summer Tour by opening for Pixies in Tel Aviv, Israel. The Pixies' show was canceled in the aftermath of the Gaza flotilla raid, but Editors performed on their own in the Tel Aviv Barby Club.
In September 2010, the band released a live version of "No Sound But the Wind", with the arrangement from the Twilight soundtrack, taken from their festival appearance at Rock Werchter.
On 4 September 2010 were the third support act for Muse at Old Trafford Cricket Ground.
Fourth album and Unedited (2010-present)
On 26 November 2010 Smith announced on the band's website that they had started work on a new album, that it would again be produced by Flood, and that they were recording "in stages over 2011", and that first rehearsals started in "a matter of days". He also confirmed that a boxset called
Unedited compiling the first 3 albums, as well as b-sides and previously unreleased songs on 7 12" vinyls, 7 CDs and 7 MP3 albums, alongside a book of photos and words, would be released on 28 February 2011, and that it would be available to pre-order on the band's website on 2 December, with the first 200 pre-orders receiving a 'special personalised surprise'. It was later revealed that the 'personalised surprise' would be two lines of Editor's lyrics of the winner's choice handwritten and signed by lead singer Tom Smith. He also said some special content would be available on the website between November and February, starting with a free download of "Last Day", a song previously released exclusively on vinyl as part of Record Store Day.
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