The successful debut album by Editors, from 2005, put the band from Birmingham, England, on the map in one go. The group around singer Tom Smith fitted seamlessly into the 1980s post-punk revival that emerged in the first decade of this century. Within the enormous range in the genre, Editors is an undisputed winner. An End Has A Start, a reference to the Joy Division song A Means To An End, is an
… epic rock record, in which snippets of , (the drum motif from The Weight Of The World) and Ian Curtis (the voice of Smith) pass by. Death regularly appears in the dark, top-serious lyrics. Yet it is not mere suffering that counts. Smith is not afraid to provide life wisdom to his listeners. Like this boost: 'Every little piece of your life will mean something to someone'. The song is called The Weight Of The World, and luckily there are still bands that dare to take it on their shoulders. (MS)more