Here's the band's 2013 appearance at the Reading Festival courtesy of previous blog contributor and all around good person, gracz54. Thanks once again for your generous nature and making your work available to us here at the Archive. It wouldn't be inaccurate to say that the shows from 2013 were the infancy of the current incarnation of the band we're digging in 2020. The magic that made them what they became is present, even if they were still really just developing as a unit.
When this show was re-broadcast, the prudes at the BBC got rid of the "get fucked" part in ERM=BD, which ruined the flow of the track and lessened its impact in the process. This version, however, is sourced from the live stream and as such it is completely uncensored and with that oh-so-terribly-offensive word intact. When you watch it, you'll notice that they did put up a banner about 5 seconds after Mr Smith delivers the line to apologise to their viewers. Hilarious.
If we're being pedantic, there should be apologies made for the band having to leave their gloom coffins and play in the daylight again. Good lord, would we expect ice-skaters to perform on a beach? Hell no! They need ice like Editors need darkness. Don't let that dissuade you though, take the ticket and enjoy the show ;)
MP3s
Sugar - download here
Munich - download here
An End Has A Start - download here
A Ton Of Love - download here
Bullets - download here
Formaldehyde - download here
Eat Raw Meat = Blood Drool - download here
The Racing Rats - download here
Smokers - download here
Papillon - download here
All in a zip
download here or download here
Bonus Material
Photos from the Show liberated from the BBC website
brought to you with lots and lots of lemming-love :) x
