You had one job, 3FM.
Found by Hannah (thanks again), here's Tom showing up on 3FM for a short verbal exchange on Sunday the 19th September 2021. The questions are posed Dutch but all of Mr Smith's answers are in English. This was all done as part of 3FM's "Top 999 of the Century" countdown, and as well as the Editors related talk there's details of Tom's own selections for that list.
Let me preface what I say next by stating that I love 3FM for the support they've given this group in the past. They've been a part of some amazing instances, so this isn't me putting them down in any way. Not at all, and I am smiling while I'm typing this.
It was great to hear Tom talking about Editors as an ongoing entity, rather than something he used to be involved in, which should help to dispel some of the separation anxiety between band and fans that's been creeping around of late. I realise that he was contacted to contribute to a specific subject, namely Editors' inclusion multiple times on 3FM's Top 999 run down. Still, the man has agreed to give you a small morsel of his valuable time and if there was something adjacent to the topic at hand that you just HAD TO KNOW ABOUT, you could probably be forgiven for being sneaky and posing an unrelated question or two.
If you didn't know any better, and you were using the fossil record or some extravagant carbon dating process, this interview could have easily been placed as having taken place at the start of the truncated Black Gold tour campaign. The questions centre around the longevity of the band, and how it feels to be so grumpy for 20 years (maybe not in those words, exactly). The major theme is that of being retrospective. The one subject that is avoided/overlooked is that of Editors' new album, which is the single most important piece of information connected to Tom Smith right now, in my opinion.
Then again, if you allowed people like me to dictate the interview questions for Editors it probably wouldn't make for good radio.
Was Dream Dark as your Heaven a carefully constructed hoax or does that song really exist?
Was there a memorial service for your touring boots when they were retired from active live duty?
After all these years, can you finally reveal the answer to the question "Who's the Pilot"?
Can we listen to the Flood sessions for album 4?
Aside from my biased, gentle fan gripes this is still fun to hear. Enjoy this little shot of hope that 3FM provided.
brought to you with lots and lots of lemming-love ;) x
