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Editors are back.
The Birmingham‑born band have returned with brooding new single ‘Call It In’, alongside the announcement of a major 2027 UK and EU tour, which will see them hit Nottingham as part of a wide‑reaching run of dates.
Marking their first new music since 2022’s industrial‑leaning album EBM, ‘Call It In’ signals the beginning of a new chapter for the band who’ve never seem to stand still.
Written and recorded between sessions for frontman Tom Smith’s 2024 solo debut There Is Nothing In The Dark That Isn’t There In The Light and ongoing live commitments, the track finds Editors reconnecting with the power of working together in a room — and the emotional immediacy that comes with it.
Evolution has always been baked into Editors’ DNA, and ‘Call It In’ feels like a subtle but significant recalibration. Darkly melodic and quietly devastating, the track wrestles with isolation, overload and the fragile relief of leaning on someone else when the noise becomes too much.
Speaking about the single, Smith said: “We spent a lot of summer ’25 holed up in rural Gloucestershire, working on songs with all of us in a room, in a more traditional band set‑up. ‘Call It In’ is one of the newest songs we worked on. It’s about asking for help, really — in the presence of an existential dread — finding solace and comfort in someone close, escaping the deafening noise of modern life.”
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The single is out now via the Play It Again Sam label, accompanied by a striking new video directed by guitarist Justin Lockey, further reinforcing the sense of a band creatively re‑energised and looking forward rather than back.
Formed in 2002 after meeting at university in Birmingham, Editors have quietly built one of the most consistent catalogues in modern British rock. All seven of their studio albums have landed in the UK Top 10, beginning with Mercury Prize‑nominated debut The Back Room (2005). Its follow‑up, An End Has A Start, debuted at Number One in 2007 and earned the band a BRIT Award nomination, while 2009’s In This Light And On This Evening repeated the chart‑topping feat.
2027 is shaping up to be another defining moment for one of the UK’s most quietly enduring bands.
They play Nottingham’s Rock City on May 8, 2027
Tickets available here from 11 am on Friday 1 May
