{"product_id":"surface-echo-sound","title":"Surface, Echo \u0026 Sound","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEditors have announced details of their 8th studio album, \u003ci\u003eSurface, Echo \u0026amp; Sound\u003c\/i\u003e, set for release via Play It Again Sam on 30th October 2026.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFollowing on from 2022’s \u003ci\u003eEBM\u003c\/i\u003e, a collaboration with electronic producer Benjamin John Power, aka Blanck Mass, on \u003ci\u003eSurface, Echo \u0026amp; Sound\u003c\/i\u003e, Editors have found themselves somewhere new entirely. When the band regrouped in summer 2025 to work on a follow-up, after three albums written and recorded very much as in-the-studio projects, Editors felt they wanted to go back to a more natural approach, something that harked back to their earliest days, sat in a practice room in Stafford, facing each other as they worked through songs together.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLike on last year’s solo record \u003ci\u003eThere is Nothing In The Dark That Isn’t There In The Light\u003c\/i\u003e, frontman Tom Smith took a similar stripped back, acoustic-based approach to the new Editors material, bringing a selection of songs to the band for them to play together, trying different things out, and seeing where they went. In terms of creating the record, \u003ci\u003e“It was a very productive summer,”\u003c\/i\u003e says Smith. \u003ci\u003e“The sun was out for the most part, we were in greenest Gloucestershire, not far from where I live, on this innocuous little industrial estate – it was pretty much the opposite of being in Berghain!”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSurface, Echo \u0026amp; Sound  \u003cbr\u003eCall It In  \u003cbr\u003eThe Rush  \u003cbr\u003eRescue  \u003cbr\u003eShadow  \u003cbr\u003eReal  \u003cbr\u003eHappiness  \u003cbr\u003eMuch Love  \u003cbr\u003eButterfly Wings  \u003cbr\u003eSeriously  \u003cbr\u003eThe Hills We Died Upon\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PIAS","offers":[{"title":"Limited LP (Yellow\/Green Transparent Vinyl)","offer_id":51865565430077,"sku":"PIASR1676LPC","price":25.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"LP","offer_id":51865565462845,"sku":"PIASR1676LP","price":25.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":51865565495613,"sku":"PIASR1676CD","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0096\/1884\/9839\/files\/EDITORSLPMOCKUP-GREENTRANSPARENTVINYLwhitebg.jpg?v=1782126147","url":"https:\/\/sisterray.co.uk\/products\/surface-echo-sound","provider":"Sister Ray","version":"1.0","type":"link"}