Photo Credit - Katie Anderson

Tom A. Smith has today announced his long-awaited debut album The Golden Gates, due out April 2nd 2027 via Fiction Records. Coinciding with the announcement is the blistering new single ‘Carry The Weight’, co-written with The Maccabees’ Hugo White. Reflecting the spontaneity of its creation, the track came together in just a day, emerging from an impromptu writing session built around White’s Fender Six guitar. “Hugo knows my story, knows the situation. We did it all in a day,” Tom explains, referring to the deeply personal experiences behind the song. The 22-year-old songwriter is speaking publicly for the first time about living with a rare, life-limiting heart condition, revealing the circumstances that helped shape his debut record. Take a listen to the new single below. 

Tom A. Smith live:

11th Nov – Brighton, Patterns,
12th Nov – Cardiff, Clwb Ifor Bach
13th Nov – Stoke, The Sugarmill
14th Nov – Bedford, Esquire’s
19th Nov – London, Electric Brixton (supporting Meek)
21st Nov – Plymouth, The Junction
22nd Nov – Portsmouth, The Wedgewood Rooms
25th Nov – Hull, Polar Bear
26th Nov – Whitehaven, Yellow Earl
27th Nov – Huddersfield, The Parish

2nd Dec – Edinburgh, Cabaret Voltaire
3rd Dec – Liverpool, Arts Club Theatre
5th Dec – Bristol, Thekla, Paint By Numbers (afternoon headliner)
5th Dec – Wrexham, The Rockin Chair
6th Dec – Nottingham, Bodega, Paint By Numbers
22nd Dec – London, Barfly: Radio X ‘X-Posure Live’ (headliner)

10th Apr – Bridlington Spa, This Feeling By The Sea

5th June – Cornwall, The Great Estate

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