Editors have announced their eighth studio album, Surface, Echo & Sound, set for release on October 30, 2026, via Play It Again Sam.
Alongside the announcement, the band have shared the album’s latest single, “The Rush,” accompanied by an official video shot in Tokyo and directed by Henry Ehara.
The new record follows 2022’s EBM, the band’s collaboration with electronic producer Benjamin John Power, aka Blanck Mass. For Surface, Echo & Sound, Editors returned to a more natural and instinctive way of working, reconnecting with the practice-room approach of their early days.
After several albums created largely as studio projects, the band regrouped in summer 2025 and worked together in Gloucestershire, playing through songs face to face and allowing the material to develop in the room.
Frontman Tom Smith said: “It was a very productive summer. 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!”
“The Rush” is described by Smith as an imagined bar scene between two people talking about life, drinking, and reflecting on its highs and lows.
He added: “That idea of finding comfort in people close to me, friends and loved ones and family, is a theme that comes up all the time. It’s a theme that is in everything to a degree.”
The track features Smith on mandolin, an instrument that helps give the album a warmer, more organic core. Guitarist Justin Lockey, who recorded and produced the record, said the mandolin became “a big character” on the album, shaping many of the rhythms alongside the acoustic guitar and drums.
Editors – Surface, Echo & Sound tracklist
1. Surface, Echo & Sound
2. Call It In
3. The Rush
4. Rescue
5. Shadow
6. Real
7. Happiness
8. Much Love
9. Butterfly Wings
10. Seriously
11. The Hills We Died Upon
Having already announced a number of European festival appearances over the summer, the band also open a new venue in Birmingham, and have shared details of a headline tour in 2027. Most recently adding arena shows at Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam & AFAS Dome, Antwerp.
The full list of dates is as follows:
Summer 2026
09.07.26 – The Warehouse at Villa Park – BIRMINGHAM, UK
12.07.26 – Cactus Festival – BRUGES, BE
18-19.07.26 – Splendour 2026 – NOTTINGHAM, UK
25.07.26 – On The Beach – BRIGHTON, UK
31.07-01.08.26 – Low Festival – BENIDORM, ES
07.08.26 – Lokerse Feesten – LOKEREN, BE
08.08.26 – Suikerrock – TIENEN, BE
14.11.26 – Inside Seaside Festival – GDANSK, PL
Tour dates
UK and Ireland
28th Feb – Vicar St, Dublin
1st March – Ulster Hall, Belfast
2nd March – o2 Academy, Glasgow
4th March – o2 City Hall, Newcastle
5th March – o2 Apollo, Manchester
7th March – o2 Academy, Leeds
8th March – Rock City, Nottingham
9th March – Prospect Building, Bristol
11th March – o2 Academy Brixton, London
12th March – o2 Guildhall, Southampton
EU
26th Jan – Le 106, Rouen, France
27th Jan – Le Cigale, Paris, France
29th Jan – La Riviera, Madrid, Spain
30th Jan – Auditorio Roig Arena, Valencia, Spain
31st Jan – Razzmatazz, Barcelona, Spain
2nd Feb – X-Tra, Zurich, Switzerland
3rd Feb – Alcatraz, Milan, Italy
4th Feb – Borcarski Dom, Zagreb, Croatia
6th Feb – SaSaZu, Prague, Czech Republic
7th Feb – Zenith, Munich, Germany
8th Feb – Gasometer, Vienna, Austria
10th Feb – Stodola, Warsaw, Poland
11th Feb – Columbiahalle, Berlin, Germany
12th Feb – The Grey Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark
14th Feb – Palladium, Cologne, Germany
15th Feb – Rockhal, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
16th Feb – Felsenkeller, Leipzig, Germany
18th Feb – Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam, Netherlands
19th Feb – AFAS Dome, Antwerp, Belgium
20th Feb – Inselpark Arena, Hamburg, Germany
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