A false ending! We'd spent so much of 2017 believing that this was going to be the final show of the year, and of the In Dream campaign, and then the call of a charitable cause saved us from early Editors departure. This was a gig that the band actually had a hand in constructing, bringing in eardrum wreckers the Mary Chain and Slowdive as dance partners. Given that it took place in Birmingham meant it was gifted a hometown edge, and so it's an event that demanded some kind of documentation. Since it happened, however, there had been an ominous scarcity of material that suggested it would become "one that got away" in terms of archiving.
And then GaryUK reappeared.
I got an email from our favourite boy at the barrier and it just so happens that he recorded the entire show, and would I like it for the blog? It's a question that obviously needed some serious thought and consideration, so I took the 2.6 seconds required and then answered in the affirmative. Once again, thanks to you Gary for saving another Editors moment from the "missed opportunities" folder. We really appreciate it ;)
There is some melancholia hanging over this event, however, because if there was going to be an onstage collaboration involving Editors and La Goswell then it would have happened here. I don't know any of the players involved, and there were obviously reasons whey it didn't came to pass, but the thought of her onstage performing The Law or Ocean of Night with Mr Smith is an image of something-that-never-was which will eat at my fanbrain for the rest of my days.
So close.
I suppose we shouldn't write it off and as an impossibility, but it really seemed like the stars were in alignment and the gods of perfect situations were smiling at Beyond the Tracks. The door was open but nobody wanted to step through it. Damn.
The setlist has been tried and tested on the festival campaign...that is until you get to the encore. Bullets and Open Your Arms hadn't been in the running order for some time, and as much as they claim to avoid nostalgia while they're still making new music, the surroundings and the sense of occasion must have registered with them just a little. After all, when this show was planned it was going to be their swansong for the In Dream cycle. But then Oxfam came a-calling and that's another story entirely...
And then GaryUK reappeared.
I got an email from our favourite boy at the barrier and it just so happens that he recorded the entire show, and would I like it for the blog? It's a question that obviously needed some serious thought and consideration, so I took the 2.6 seconds required and then answered in the affirmative. Once again, thanks to you Gary for saving another Editors moment from the "missed opportunities" folder. We really appreciate it ;)
There is some melancholia hanging over this event, however, because if there was going to be an onstage collaboration involving Editors and La Goswell then it would have happened here. I don't know any of the players involved, and there were obviously reasons whey it didn't came to pass, but the thought of her onstage performing The Law or Ocean of Night with Mr Smith is an image of something-that-never-was which will eat at my fanbrain for the rest of my days.
So close.
I suppose we shouldn't write it off and as an impossibility, but it really seemed like the stars were in alignment and the gods of perfect situations were smiling at Beyond the Tracks. The door was open but nobody wanted to step through it. Damn.
The setlist has been tried and tested on the festival campaign...that is until you get to the encore. Bullets and Open Your Arms hadn't been in the running order for some time, and as much as they claim to avoid nostalgia while they're still making new music, the surroundings and the sense of occasion must have registered with them just a little. After all, when this show was planned it was going to be their swansong for the In Dream cycle. But then Oxfam came a-calling and that's another story entirely...
MP3s
Cold - download here
Sugar - download here
The Racing Rats - download here
Blood - download here
All Sparks - download here
Hallelujah (So Low) - download here
Eat Raw Meat = Blood Drool - download here
Magazine - download here
An End Has a Start - download here
Smokers - download here
The Pulse - download here
Ocean of Night - download here
A Ton of Love - download here
Marching Orders - download here
Encore Break - download here
Tom Talks - download here
Open Your Arms - download here
Bullets - download here
Munich - download here
Papillon - download here
All in a zip - download here
Bonus Material - Open Your Arms
Shot from the barrier and donated to the Archive by Kam and Sam, here's the band playing an old, old song called Open Your Arms. Thanks again to you both for sharing.
brought to you with lots and lots of lemming-love :) x
