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Editors
last updated 2026-09-11 11:26
Editors
Plays on LTZ: 6 across 6 shows (2023-03-09, 2023-09-14, 2024-02-22, 2024-03-28, 2024-11-07, 2026-05-21)
Tracks played
Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors — researched 2026-09-11
Research
21. Editors — Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors
Editors are a post-punk and indie rock band from Birmingham, formed in 2002. Frontman Tom Smith leads a sound that draws heavily on late-70s and 80s post-punk — Joy Division, Wire, Echo & the Bunnymen. Their debut The Back Room (2005) contained "Munich" and "Blood." An End Has a Start (2007) was their second album, and "Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors" opens it. The song takes a specific, mundane image — patients in hospital gowns gathered at the entrance to smoke — and finds something larger inside it. It charted in the UK on its single release.
Placement: TikTok opener for Segment 7, the close. Editors pull the energy back down from Segment 6's sprint. The track's familiarity in indie rock circles gives the close a sense of arrival — something known and reliable after a show full of new music.
Editors
Origin: Birmingham, England · formed 2002 · active
Members: Tom Smith (vocals, guitar, piano), Russell Leetch (bass), Ed Lay (drums), Justin Lockey (guitar), Elliott Williams (keyboards/synths)
Genre: Post-punk revival, indie rock
Discography:
The Back Room (2005) — Kitchenware — debut LP, Mercury Prize nominated, includes "Munich" and "Blood"
An End Has a Start (2007) — Kitchenware — UK #1 album, includes "Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors"
In This Light and on This Evening (2009)
The Weight of Your Love (2013)
In Dream (2015)
Violence (2018)
EBM (2022)
Facts:
Formed under earlier names "The Pride" and "Pilot" before settling on Editors in 2002.
Frontman Tom Smith's baritone and the band's sound draw heavily on Joy Division, Wire, and Echo & the Bunnymen.