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The Weight of Your Love
Rock · 2013 · 16 tracks · 1h 9m

The Weight of Your Love

Editors

A pivot toward expansive, arena-ready rock. Sweeping strings and big guitar hooks replace the band's earlier claustrophobic post-punk tension.

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It's Editors doing their best impression of a massive 80s stadium rock band, and it actually works.

A grand, sweeping exploration of love and devotion that feels both heavy and uplifting.

The Weight of Your Love · vs · Editors
Love Romantic+3.0σ

The writing leans far further into love romantic than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 16 Tracks · 1h 9m
01
The Weight
4:32
01
The Sting
4:08
02
Get Low
3:30
02
Sugar
4:17
03
Comrade Spill My Blood
3:59
03
A Ton of Love
3:58
04
Hyena (acoustic)
3:44
04
What Is This Thing Called Love
4:12
05
Nothing (acoustic)
5:32
05
Honesty
4:49
06
Nothing
5:15
07
Formaldehyde
3:50
08
Hyena
3:39
09
Two Hearted Spider
4:31
10
The Phone Book
4:31
11
Bird of Prey
4:46
Moments Worth Waiting For
The explosive, brassy guitar riff of A Ton of Love that signals a shift toward 80s stadium rock.
The haunting falsetto transition in What Is This Thing Called Love that breaks Tom Smith's usual baritone mold.
The slow-burn orchestral build of Nothing that transforms a sparse ballad into a cinematic wall of sound.
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