Claude says:Birmingham's Editors built their name on tense, monochrome post-punk revival in the mid-2000s, scoring Mercury nods and chart-toppers before drifting into moodier, synth-heavy territory over seven albums. Surface, Echo & Sound keeps that brooding energy alive — all taut basslines and Tom Smith's baritone cutting through the fog. You've only dipped in twice since August, circling back to "Call It In" and "The Rush" without much ceremony.