Editors return with 'EBM' this fall

Editors' seventh album EBM is scheduled for September 23 through Play It Again Sam. The new album will be the first with new band member Benjamin John Power, aka Blanck Mass, who was announced as a full-time member last month with the album’s first single "Heart Attack."

A second preview is now available in the form of "Karma Climb," with a live video. Listen to the track HERE, and watch the video HERE.

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The six piece have also announced a 15 date European tour taking place in October, as well as 7 shows in the UK and Ireland in early 2023. 

Power says of the album: “There is a strong physicality to this record. EBM started its life with the intention of connecting with people and filling a very physical space. There is also however an emotional physicality running throughout; An urgency and a sense of panic. An unease. Even in its more tender moments there is a yearning for connection.”

LISTEN TO "HEART ATTACK"

WATCH THE VIDEO

LISTEN TO "HEART ATTACK" (PHASE FATALE REMIX)

WATCH THE VIDEO

The album title is an acronym of Editors and Blanck Mass but also a knowing reference to Electronic Body Music, the potent sound that originated in the 1980s and which has hugely influenced Editors’ new material, where the synths of bands like Nitzer Ebb, Front 242 and DAF hammer darkly amongst smoke machines, strobe lights and the smell of leather in concert.

Power’s addition to the band meant that, for the first time, the song structures weren’t coming from frontman Tom Smith, with him and further band members Justin Lockey, Elliott Williams, Russell Leetch and Ed Lay receiving files to tinker with and flesh out in the studio when they eventually regrouped. “Ben has certainly been a shot of adrenaline in our creative process,” says Tom. “The songs are so immediate, and in your face.”

Speaking on new single "Karma Climb," Tom continues: "It's about hedonistic escapism, not only from the world generally, but also from what people think of you."

All 6 of Editors’ studio albums over their 17 year career have charted in the UK top 10, with 2 scoring number 1’s, and their debut, The Back Room, being shortlisted for the Mercury Prize. Their latest tour saw them play their biggest UK headline show to date at OVO Arena, Wembley in 2020, signalling their ever-growing audience.

Track listing: 

1. Heart Attack

2. Picturesque
3. Karma Climb
4. Kiss
5. Silence
6. Strawberry Lemonade
7. Vibe
8. Educate
9. Strange Intimacy

Europe/UK tour dates: 

JUNE

17 - O Son Do Camino, Spain
24 - Mallorca Live, Spain

JULY
9 - Mad Cool, Spain
14 - Electric Castle, Romania
19 - Balena Festival, Italy
20 - Low Festival, Spain

AUGUST
5 - Wide Skies and Butterflies, UK
14 - Hear Hear Festival, Belgium
28 - Victorious Festival, UK

OCTOBER
1 - Spain, Valencia, Repvblicca
2 - Spain, Bilbao, Santana 27
5 - Luxembourg, Esch-sur-Alzette, Rockhal
6 - Netherlands, RTM Stage, Rotterdam Ahoy
7 - Copenhagen Vega, Denmark
9 - Germany, Hamburg, Edel-Optics Arena
10 - Germany, Leipzig, Haus Auensee
12 - Poland, Krakow, Club Studio
13 - Germany, Berlin, Max-Schmeling-Halle
15 - France, Paris, Olympia
16 - Switzerland, Lausanne, Les Docks
17 - Austria, Vienna, Gasometer
19 - Switzerland, Zurich, Volkshaus
20 - Italy, Milan Fabrique
21 - Italy, Bologna Unipol

JANUARY (2023)
25 - Nottingham, Rock City
27 - Manchester, Academy
29 - Glasgow, Barrowland Ballroom
30 - Dublin, National Stadium

FEBRUARY (2023)
1 - London, Troxy
2 - Bristol, Marble Factory