Monday, 9 November 2015

Hamburg Stadtpark 7th September 2014 (audio)

Here's another show from a friend to the Archive, Sven. The only changes I made to his original file was to chop it into separate mp3s, done with his permission. Huge thanks again to you for making your work available here, it's very much appreciated.
 
This is an opportunity to experience what was Nicholas Willes' first official farewell as an Editor in September of 2014. During the latter half of that year, Elliott was on sabbatical from the band while he did his own thing as YdotOdotU and Mr Willes stepped in. This Hamburg concert was actually his last gig as a part of the TWOYL campaign, and that could have been the end of his involvement in the band. However, the fluid nature of the current lineup means that he was able to return in 2015 as a replacement for Justin who was on leave and taking care of "family mathematics" (multiplication and addition).

Someone Says has an slightly extended intro here, but it barrels forward at such a hectic pace that it still finishes 9 seconds faster than its recorded cousin. Same with Bullets, which also manages to end 9 seconds ahead of the Back Room version even though it has a new outro. Editors were playing this set like someone just remembered they forgot to turn the oven off in the tour bus. 
 
Other highlights include:-
  • Tom making a point of sarcastically telling the crowd that Justin is from The North not once but twice during the Bricks and Mortar and Bones intros
  • The sound of a spaceship landing in your ears at the start of Life as a Ghost 
  • Tom very deliberately accentuating on the "get fucked" line in BRM=BD 
  • The unstoppable force of Nothing 
  • The creepy strings intro as the band walk onstage 
  • A take of The Weight that is so confidently fragile and clear it's like Tom's playing in the room with you
 
Enjoy the music, folks ;)
 

MP3s
Sugar - download here
Munich - download here
An End Has a Start - download here
Formaldehyde - download here
All Sparks - download here
A Life as a Ghost - download here
Eat Raw Meat = Blood Drool - download here
Someone Says - download here
Bullets - download here
Bones - download here
Honesty - download here
The Racing Rats - download here
Smokers - download here
Two Hearted Spider - download here
Nothing - download here
The Weight - download here
Bricks and Mortar - download here
A Ton of Love - download here
Papillon - download here

Everything in a zip - download here

brought to you with lots and lots of lemming-love :) x