Editors have never been afraid to experiment, so when it was announced that Tom Smith and Co were self-producing their fifth album, it didn’t seem like a big deal.
Absorbing In Dream from start to finish, however, it's clear that their decision to forego outside expertise was a mistake.
The five-piece have previously excelled at taut indie songs with an electronic undercurrent, but this bloated collection too often tips into meandering self-indulgence.
The Tears For Fears-referencing Forgiveness is better, but tracks like Ocean of Night and Our Love drift aimlessly and repetitively, while the minimalist, overwrought At All Cost is just dreadful.
Not even the addition of Slowdive's Rachel Goswell's vocal on The Law can save this overlong, often turgid and pointlessly decadent record.
