Editors Frontman Tom Smith Shares Debut Solo Single Lights Of New York City
Monday, 23 June 2025
Written by Jon Stickler
Photo: Edith Smith
Editors lead vocalist Tom Smith has shared his debut solo single.
Released via Play It Again Sam, Lights Of New York City marks Smith's first solo project away from his Editors role. Intimate and reflective, the acoustic offering came together with a little help from Irish singer-songwriter Iain Archer. Watch its Niall Trask-directed video below.
Smith said: "Lights of New York City pines for lost youth, a song looking back at the wide eyed wonder held in a previous chapter of my life." Explaining his reasoning for a temporary move away from Editors, he added:
"Artistically I realized I wanted to do something which was a purer representation of the songs I write, in the style I always have, on an acoustic guitar or a piano, presented simply. I’ve got no idea if it’s folky, country’y, crooner’y or what really, I’ve just always had the calling to write and sing sad songs. More often than not those songs grow with the band (Editors) into something else, something bigger, and often something more confrontational, but with this solo project I wanted the recordings to stay simpler and closer to the ideas they were when I conceived them."
Editors, meanwhile, released their latest studio album, 'EBM', in 2022.
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