He just couldn't resist the temptation to attend another show before the end of the year, and as a result we have this new item for the catalogue that GaryUK has been quietly creating on his travels. Many thanks again to you Gary for your work, even by your usual standards this one sounds fantastic ;)
When you read this, there will only be three dates left on the 2018 part of the VI OLENCE campaign, meaning that each individual Editor will get to be a civilian again for a while and do some actual living like regular folks. Before that, however, they decided to prove once more that their setlists are liquid and can change on a dime. Salvation, a track that last appeared years ago on the In Dream tour came up for consideration and evidently made the grade. I know there's a lot of you who haven't heard it live this time out and so that alone should make this a special occasion. But what if I told you that there's something else that happened which is even more unusual and several degrees more wonderful?
Andy Burrows played on Nothing.
I've discussed before how this song is an example of the differing viewpoints that exists between artists and the folks that listen to their music. Tom prefers the orchestral take and finds the live full-band version to be a diluted facsimile of it. The rest of the universe, including those bits we haven't sent spacecraft to yet, all find the live rendition to be a peak experience where you can truly lose yourself in a moment. All 5 Editors lock in and it just flows from the minute Ed's drums kick in. It's been trimmed and reshaped a little since the first time it was played 6 years ago in Birmingham, but the effect it has on anyone within hearing distance of it is the same; complete euphoria. Even if the author of such an effecting piece of music may disagree with you when you claim allegiance to this version over the one on The Weight of Your Love, there's room in the world for a difference in opinions. What's great about the run through they did in Switzerland is that Andy plays the guitar again, and the mandolin made a return courtesy of a member his band. It's an instrument that became a victim of one of the alterations made to the track through the years. Tom used to play it and sing before abandoning it just to do the vocals...and punch himself in the chest so hard he broke a rib which later calcified into lump on his chest. True story, apparently. The point is that Andy Burrows brings more depth and power to a song that was already wrecking-ball efficient. Editors as a six piece. Now there's an interesting thought...
Enjoy the music ;)
Enjoy the music ;)
stream it here
MP3s
The Boxer - download here
Sugar - download here
Hallelujah (So Low) - download here
All Sparks - download here
An End Has a Start - download here
Fingers in the Factories - download here
Darkness at the Door - download here
Salvation - download here
Violence - download here
No Harm - download here
Bullets - download here
A Ton of Love - download here
Formaldehyde - download here
Nothing - download here
Nothingness - download here
Ocean of Night - download here
Blood - download here
Papillon - download here
Magazine - download here
Encore - download here
Cold - download here
The Racing Rats - download here
Munich - download here
Smokers - download here
brought to you with lots and lots of lemming-love :) x
