{"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.\u003cu\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\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.\u003cu\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\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\u003cu\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSurface, Echo \u0026amp; Sound is available on LP, CD \u0026amp; Digital via Play It Again Sam.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Editors","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":57080788418940,"sku":"PIASR1676LP","price":26.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"LP (LE Yellow\/Green Transparent)","offer_id":57080788451708,"sku":"PIASR1676LPC","price":26.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":57080788484476,"sku":"PIASR1676CD","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0807\/1063\/1727\/files\/Screenshot2026-06-22at11.webp?v=1782205408","url":"https:\/\/revolutionrecords.uk\/products\/surface-echo-sound","provider":"Revolution Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}