Fresh from recording their third full length studio album, In This Light and on This Evening, the Editors are crossing the pond to San Francisco, headlining the Warfield, Monday, February 8.

With the release of In This Light and on This Evening on January 19, fans will find the dark and brooding English band trading in fuzzy electric guitar riffs for spaced-out synthesizers and keyboard melodies.

The songs on their third album, are evocative and strange, as the band continues to refine their sound. The title track begins with a slow and gloomy synth rhythm overlaid with singer Tom Smith’s signature forlorn lyrical style.

The rest of the album continues in much the same fashion, with the band slowing things down a bit, while revisiting the traditional ’80s synth-pop sound, only turned on it’s head in outer space.

However, old school fans shouldn’t be disappointed as the band’s unique sound can still be heard through fierce kick-drums and pounding bass riffs. “No one understands how you found your god,” Smith croons. “You don’t know love like you used to,” he smirks on the album’s fourth track.

Be sure to catch the Editors this Monday, February 8, as they headline the Warfield along with Antlers and The Dig.

Check out The Beat’s coverage of the Editors 2007 live show at the Fillmore here.

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