Earlier this year we were treated to an onslaught of Editors news. The Birmingham guitar-rock band would return March 9 with a new album titled Violence, a North American tour would deliver them to Boston to play The Paradise Rock Club on May 16, and Tom Smith and the lads would take part in The Cure’s massive 40th anniversary show July 7 in London alongside Interpol, Goldfrapp, Ride, Slowdive and others.
This week Editors return with a new track and video for Violence’s latest single, ”Hallelujah (So Low),” which was premiered on Radio 1 as Annie Macs Hottest Record In The World. Don’t be fooled by the track’s gentle intro.
“I wrote the words to ‘Hallelujah (So Low)’ when I got back from a trip with Oxfam, visiting refugee camps in Northern Greece,” Smith says. “It was obviously an incredibly moving trip, seeing people living in dust, surviving only on the help of others was very moving. Musically the track hung on the relationship between the acoustic guitar and the drum machine, that was part of the track from my demo, it had something special very early on… then when Justin came up with his outrageous guitar riff we knew we had a winner. It’s the most rock we’ve ever been and its exhilarating. I think the video attempts to capture this intensity, both in the track and in us as a live band.”
Watch the Rahi Rezvani-directed visual below. Rezvani is also credited with the featured photo up top.
Editors North American Tour 2018:
May 8: Seattle, WA, Neumos
May 9: Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom
May 11: San Francisco, CA – The Regency Ballroom
May 12: Pomona, CA – The Glasshouse
May 13: Los Angeles, CA – Belasco Ballroom
May 15: New York, NY – Irving Plaza
May 15: Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club
May 17: Philadelphia, PA – Theatre of Living Arts
