Editors at the Academy

In a growing barrage of white noise and static four figures emerged from the shadows of the Academy stage. One, a small, long haired female in diamond patterned tights, another, a short, moody looking bloke in black and the third could hardly be seen as he took his place behind a set of drums. The fourth, a tall bowl haired gent in a large anorak strode up to the front as took his places at the keyboards and mike as a deafening loud beat of the bass drum started. Cold Cave had took to the stage playing as support to Editors in the 02 Academy on Wednesday night.
Cold Cave pummelled the Academy for half and hour with their dark synth industrial electronica to little reaction from the Glasgow crowd but still left a vague sense in the air of having impressed (nobody shouted anything at the end of their set anyway).
Editors then took to the stage in a cloud of coloured light beams led by lead singer Tom Smith, kicking things off with the dark growling 'In this light and on this evening', the latest, third, album's title track. They then went on to play a great selection of tracks including the majority of, if not all, the new album which, with the help pf Producer 'Flood' has a much more electric, snythesized feel than the previous two albums. It seems to be the growing trend at the moment to varying results but it really seems to suit Editors and their style of music. Moody and exciting. They have been called the new Joy Division in the past and that in itself must be a compliment.
Flood, Sunday name Mark Ellis, also worked with a few of my other favourite bands including U2, The Killers, PJ Harvey and Sigur Ros to name but a few, helping them achieve similar results with their sounds, driving them into terrotory they may have not previously ventured. U2 went all electro pop with the, funnily enough, Pop album for instance and that has proven, at least in my book, to be one of their most underrated albums. It is probably too soon to say if 'In this light and on this evening' will prove to be 'underrated' but it's definately one of my favourites at the moment especially after their blistering performance in the Academy.