There Is Nothing In The Dark That Isn't There In The Light Tom Smith

• 1 Deep Dive 04:11
• 2 How Many Times 03:57
• 3 Endings Are Breaking My Heart 04:05
• 4 Life Is For Living 04:08
• 5 Broken Time 02:45
• 6 Lights of New York City 04:19
• 7 Souls 03:35
• 8 Northern Line 04:34
• 9 Leave 03:39
• 10 Saturday 04:23
• Total Runtime 39:36

Info for There Is Nothing In The Dark That Isn't There In The Light

After two decades fronting Editors and releasing two albums with Smith & Burrows, Tom Smith is finally stepping into solo territory with There Is Nothing In The Dark That Isn’t There In The Light. Motivated by a desire to reconnect with the raw, acoustic beginnings of his songwriting, Smith set out to create something more intimate and personal, away from the collaborative nature of his band projects.

Enlisting producer Iain Archer, together, they crafted a record built around emotional honesty, acoustic textures, and themes of connection, memory, and resilience. The opening track, ‘Deep Dive’, became the album’s emotional anchor, setting a tone of gentle hope in the face of loneliness.

Throughout the album, Smith balances stripped-back arrangements with cinematic flourishes, creating a dynamic range—from the minimalist ache of ‘Broken Time’ to the sweeping drama of ‘Life Is For Living’. Despite his initial goal of solo authorship, Smith found deep creative synergy with Archer, shaping songs through mutual experimentation.

Tracks like ‘Lights Of New York City’ evoke nostalgic longing, while ‘Northern Line’ and ‘How Many Times’ reflect on friendships and past experiences. The album closes with ‘Saturday’, a bittersweet snapshot of fleeting intimacy. Though marked by melancholy, the record ultimately resonates with hope—highlighting Smith’s evolution as a songwriter and his yearning to create music that reflects the essence of who he is.

Tom Smith

Tom Smith
Tom’s songs are in turns humorous, touching, thought provoking, and inspiring. Deeply rooted in the old-school folk tradition, his timeless stories are told with a voice that is honest and sincere with melodies that you will remember forever.

One fanciful fan put it this way, “If you could combine the DNA of Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie with that of Robert Frost and Kermit the Frog you would end up with someone very much like Tom Smith.”

In the words of noted WUMB-FM Boston radio DJ, Dave Palmater – “Contrary to what a lot of people think, folk music is still a living tradition. It’s a living tradition that feeds on new songs that speak of people’s wants, people’s needs, people’s struggles and people’s triumphs. Tom Smith is more out of the tradition of say Pete Seeger and Tom Paxton than Jackson Browne or Connor Oberst. He’s a man who writes songs that seem like they’ve always been there. There are very few songwriters working today that I would call folksingers, but I would call Tom Smith a true folksinger.”

Veteran singer/songwriter Barbara Kessler writes, “Tom Smith will make you laugh and cry (maybe even in the same song) – a very captivating songwriter and performer.”

Tom grew up in rural Pennsylvania in a family where music was part of the fabric of everyday life. As a young man living at the epicenter of the folk-quake that was Cambridge, MA in the 1960’s, Tom solidified what has become a life-long love of self-made music. Now a folk veteran of over forty-five years, Tom performs at festivals, coffeehouses, schools, and concerts throughout the Northeastern United States to audiences large and small, young and old.

In Tom’s popular monthly blog The Kitchen Musician, going strong since 2007, Tom uses his music to reflect on modern life.

“Tom Smith writes songs that seem like they’ve always been there. – a true folksinger.” – Dave Palmater, WUMB-FM Boston Folk Radio

“When Tom Smith performs, he’s got a special kind of quiet magic that is both moving and transfixing.” – Susan Cattaneo, Performing songwriter, Berklee College of Music songwriting faculty

“… a very intimate and beautiful and inspiring performance. Tom Smith has a gift of giving voice, giving hope and giving uplift to listeners”. – Cheryl Perreault, Poet and host of “Wake Up and Smell the Poetry, HCAM-TV

“Tom Smith won over the crowd with his quiet, classic folk style.” – The Boston Globe

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