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Here's some more dark co-operation between myself and Hannah of the band's forum. She did the bulk of the work, I just added some glitter to make it all sparkle. Thanks again, Hannah ;)
It's Editors at Low Festival 2018 and right away I will confess that there's some bad news attached to this one. There is way too much DJ chatter over the top of the tunes, an unholy amount, but if you've sampled other posts here at the Archive you'll already be fully aware of this phenomenon. They really don't want people bootlegging their broadcasts, but it only serves to blight the experience of everyone else who actually just wants to hear the music. It's difficult to immerse yourself in the experience if someone is in your ear distracting you constantly. As I've said previously, I don't speak Spanish (yet) but I can bet what they're saying isn't stuff that I'd prefer to hear over an Editors show.
The second piece of mood-ruining information is that Munich is missing due to some stream quality issues, mostly dropout. I've done recordings from RTVE before and their stream can be a bit hit and miss. So that's all the negativity I have to impart, and if you can work within those parameters then you have another great Editors show from the E6 promotional push to enjoy.
After listening to this a couple of times, I noted that Darkness at the Door has its regular Tom Swears moment, but something else that acts as an indicator of their continuing level of comfort playing in each others company. Right before Mr Williams comes in with his "Never lonely in town", Tom actually introduces him using his full name and it flows so perfectly. The timing is spot on, the way it bridges across the silence underneath it. These are the little joys you get from listening to them play these songs from the beginning of the VI OLENCE campaign to the present; the differences that are borne of their increased ease and familiarity with the material. Interestingly, the more precise things get they also get more gloriously sloppy. The guitars during Magazine for example, as they give off little bursts of feedback each time the chorus is finished sounds fantastic.
No Harm has become something of a surprise on this tour. Before, it was always a quiet little number but the more they play it the bigger it seems to be getting. Any opinion of it being a finished piece of work would have to reconsidered now, and I wonder what the studio take would have sounded like if it had been repeatedly road tested in the same way Bones was prior to recording? They always seem to be able to find a new angle with their music. The noise from Elliott's keys and Justin's guitar work sitting alongside the gentleness of Mr Smith's vocals, all underpinned by Russell's sliding bass and Ed's relentless, mechanical drums moving everything forward towards its end. This is a band in every sense of that word. Enjoy the music ;)
stream it here
MP3s
Cold - download here
Hallelujah (So Low) - download here
An End Has a Start - download here
Blood - download here
Formaldehyde - download here
Darkness at the Door - download here
Sugar - download here
Munich - *missing from broadcast*
Nothingness - download here
Violence - download here
No Harm - download here
Smokers - download here
The Racing Rats - download here
Ocean of Night - download here
Papillon - download here
Magazine - download here
brought to you with lots and lots of lemming-love ;) x
