| Forgiveness | |
| Cover: | Forgiveness Single Editors.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Editors |
| Album: | In Dream |
| Released: | 31 March 2016 |
| Recorded: | 2014–2015 |
| Studio: | Crear Studio, Scotland |
| Genre: |
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| Length: | 3:45 |
| Label: | PIAS Records |
| Prev Title: | Ocean of Night |
| Prev Year: | 2015 |
| Next Title: | All the Kings |
| Next Year: | 2016 |
"Forgiveness" is a single by British indie rock band, Editors. The song is the thirdtrack and the fifth single off of their fifth studio album, In Dream, and was released as a single through PIAS Recordings on 31 March 2016.
Laurence Day, writing for The Line of Best Fit, described the song as a Gothic, dark pop song.[1] Day described the tone of the track as "an overtly political glimpse into a murky corner of Editors' psyche, with hushed shoulder-shuffle beats and infectious, echoing riffs. It's glossy and catchy, shimmering out your speakers, but an omnipresent deluge of shadows looms large overhead - Editors continue to strike the perfect balance between light and dark."[1]
Writing for XS Noise, Mark Millar called "Forgiveness" as a track that "amply demonstrates [a] desire to ignore genres by mixing a loose dancefloor beat with spiraling melodies and a highly politicized lyric."[2]