To celebrate the release of their acclaimed new album ‘Violence‘, Editors performed lead single ‘Magazine’ acoustic in the NME Basement. Check it out in the video above.

Of the studio version of the track, NME wrote that “‘Magazine’ twitches and struts with Depeche Mode electro-rock bravado, clearly assisted with the brutal edge of collaborator Blanck Mass”. But when they swung by the NME Basement for an acoustic session, Editors shone a spotlight on the single’s raw intensity and inescapable melody.

“It’s kind of poking a finger at a corrupt figure of power,” frontman Tom Smith told NME about the meaning of the lyrics. “It’s tongue in cheek, there’s not a specific person I’m thinking about when I’m singing it but it’s those empty postures and posturing that goes on, be it in big business or politics.”


Editors tour dates and tickets

The band’s upcoming tour UK and Ireland headline dates are below. Tickets are on sale here.

OCTOBER

Sunday 7 – SOUTHAMPTON O2 Guidhall

Monday 8 – BRISTOL St Phillips Gate

Tuesday 9 – NOTTINGHAM Rock City

Thursday 11 – NEWCASTLE Northumbria University

Friday 12 – ABERDEEN Beach Ballroom

Saturday 13 – GLASGOW Barrowlands

Monday 15 – BELFAST Ulster Hall

Tuesday 16 – DUBLIN Vicar Street

Thursday 18 – MANCHESTER O2 Apollo

Friday 19 – BIRMINGHAM O2 Academy Birmingham

Saturday 20 – LEEDS O2 Academy Leeds

Monday 22 – NORWICH UEA

Tuesday 23 – BRIGHTON Dome

Wednesday 24 – LONDON O2 Academy Brixton