Editors played two shows in July, one of which (Montreux) has the distinction of having caused me to receive a copyright strike on the YouTube profile. For all the sparse nature of their appearances in this month, next month is more or less a grand finale for the EBM album. They will take to the stage a total of nine times throughout August and then...and then...well, we don't really know.
There was a very explicit hint of just what might be to come when Ed and Elliott were interviewed backstage at Montreux, with Ed suggesting that Tom wants to do some solo stuff next. Above everything else this puts in place a question that we will no doubt have to spend a lot of time waiting for an answer to; what does that mean for Editors as a band? If Tom does decide to make new music as an artist in his own right, and then decides to take those songs on tour, would that involve a whole new group of musicians or would it be a singular affair with just him on stage? It can't be with his current collaborators because wouldn't that be Editors?
It's not unheard of for groups to temporarily disband, cultivate interests outside of their regular roles before reconvening in their predominant personas. So while it may not be alarming news, it's certainly something to get you thinking.
Fortuitously, Tom gave an evening of his time to a benefit gig for The Long Table in Stroud on the 5th July, where he played a solo acoustic show.
Justin has been the primary contributor to July's collection of imagery, and it's coincided with him having an exhibition at Deuss Gallery in Antwerp. It ran from the the 12th July and will continue until August 24th, featuring lots of shots from his touring adventures with the band. Good for him. The recognition is most definitely deserved. I know it wouldn't make for the most thrilling piece of gallery-filling subject matter, but I've always loved his photography from the insides of various airports while on tour. The sterility, the coldness and the often impersonal nature of air travel all summed up and frozen in time through a lens. I've been collecting their Instagram posts for almost a decade now (yikes!) and those are the ones that still resonate with me. As a "for instance", here's one from 2016:-
August is going to be busy, so prepare to bid farewell to the tour cycle for EBM. Until the end...
Editors Instagram - July 2024
For all of Editors' other Instagram posts, go here.
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