picture kindly borrowed from EinsLive(Admittedly, I am completely biased as far as Editors & The Maccabees go)

There‘s almost nothing more unpleasant than arriving in time for a concert (despite annoying traffic and parking lot issues), only to find out the schedule for the night has been revised and that the first band has already taken the stage.

While we did only catch the two last songs of Wintersleep‘s set, it‘s probably safe to say that we didn‘t miss out on anything all too surprising. The sound of guitars and their singer‘s voice sure fit the bill for the night remarkably well.

Being used to attending shows at which the audience hardly brushes the age of being old enough to conduct a car, it was nice for a change to be put in a crowd with mid-twenties and nearly fifties alike. Latter had probably hardly heard about the second band playing up that night, The Maccabees.

Now, having been privileged enough to actually go out clubbing regularly in London, I was fairly familiar with the sound of The Maccabees and their general awesomeness.

Sadly though, they did not play my all-time favorite of theirs, Precious Time. However, the set made up of their newer songs was fabulous and fair enough, they had people cheering along by the end of their set.

Having previously experienced Editors (I‘ll have you know it‘s plain and simple ‘Editors‘, not THE Editors) at Hurricane Festival in June of this year, I had somewhat high expectations to the band this time around.

Spending the first three songs at the front of the crowd in the pit, I quickly noticed that the following 90 minutes would definitely turn out to be magical.

The audience chimed in with singer Tom Smith from the first word on and the band teased the finest sounded out of their instruments.

For added effect to the already impressing LED light show at the back of the stage, smoke blew around the band, reflecting the colourful lights to bathe them in a warm glow for the softer songs or an icy shine for the faster ones.

The set was a marvellous mix of really old hits and new songs of Editors‘ recently released album ‘In This Light and On This Evening‘.

Sadly, the sparks only flew as far as the first couple of rows of people and didn‘t reach the back of the hall. While we were stuck in the hardcore fan corner, most people around us could hardly be bothered to nod along or get their hands up to give the band a hand after each song.

It wasn‘t that people were particularly bored or as if they didn‘t like the set, it almost felt as if they‘d been in a bit of a trance (another reason why I love going to shows with a younger audience – they‘re so enthusiastic).

By the time the band exited the stage for the first time, people were at least pumped enough to ask for an encore which they promptly got.

Once more, I didn‘t get lucky as the band didn‘t play ‘Weight of the World‘, one of my favorite songs but still, all in all, it was a fun night for everyone involved and it ended with a relaxed ride home that was filled with relationship talks and giggles.

Setlist – Editors

In this light and on this evening
An end has a start
Bullets
You don’t know love
Bones
The racing rats
The boxer
All sparks
Escape the nest
Like treasure
The big exit
Eat raw meat = blood drool
Open your arms
You are fading
Smokers outside the hospital doors
Bricks and mortar

Walk the fleet road
Munich
Papillon
Fingers in the factory

The photos I took for the lovely folks of buzznet.com can be found here >>>.