{"product_id":"surface-echo-sound","title":"SURFACE, ECHO \u0026 SOUND","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product-short-description rte\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEditors have announced details of their eighth studio album, Surface, Echo \u0026amp; Sound, set for release via Play It Again Sam on 30th October 2026.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFollowing on from 2022's EBM, a collaboration with electronic producer Benjamin John Power, aka Blanck Mass, on Surface, Echo \u0026amp; Sound, 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLike on last year's solo record There Is Nothing in the Dark That Isn't There in the Light, 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, \"It was a very productive summer,\" says Smith. \"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\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDue out on October 30th 2026\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Editors","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":58137049563484,"sku":null,"price":23.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0999\/7153\/1100\/files\/Editors.jpg?v=1782372618","url":"https:\/\/rokerrecords.co.uk\/products\/surface-echo-sound","provider":"Roker Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}