Mackem talent Tom A. Smith on a hometown show at The Fire Station and taking his music career to the next level

Sunderland Echo

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00:00Tom, we're down here at the Fire Station.

00:02You're going to be headlining this summer for the Summer Party Series.

00:05What can we expect from your gig?

00:07Yeah, I can't wait for it. I'm looking forward to it.

00:09It's going to be a special day.

00:12Hopefully the weather stays nice.

00:13But no, it's going to be a set of some new music

00:17that we're really looking forward to playing.

00:18I don't think we've played a lot of it in Sunderland,

00:20so I'm looking forward to people hearing it.

00:22But also, you know, some of our older releases as well.

00:27It's going to be an absolute party, so I can't wait for it.

00:30And you've signed to a record label in the past few months.

00:32Are you hoping that will take your career to the next level?

00:35I mean, I hope so.

00:36Fiction is obviously so well-decorated and a great label.

00:41So I can't, especially people who have inspired me a lot through the years,

00:44the Cure team in Parlour, likes of that.

00:47So it's a real privilege.

00:49But we've got our first release coming out with them

00:51on the 1st of August, Fashion, which I can't wait for people to hear.

00:56It's probably my favourite song that I've put out yet.

00:58There's been a lot of time and a lot of work,

00:59I've put into it.

01:01So, yeah, it's a new era, fresh start.

01:04And I feel like fiction is the most perfect way to go about it.

01:09And they have been so supportive.

01:11And it feels like the next step for us now, to be honest, yeah.

01:14And you've been doing music for so long.

01:16You're a very prolific writer.

01:18And you've had so much support from the Sunderland music scene.

01:21And now we're a music city.

01:23Yes, yeah.

01:23No, of course, I was at the event where they announced us here.

01:27And, yeah, it was a real lovely surprise for us all there.

01:31Obviously not a surprise for us because we know how incredible the city is in terms of its music.

01:35All you need to do is, you know, come to the centre, come to sort of Cale Square,

01:39and you'll see how much music has inspired the place.

01:42You know, the likes of the Peacock, Barry Hyde here, and Pop Rex as well.

01:46You know, there is a real hub and a creative hub for it in Sunderland.

01:51So I think it's well-deserved.

01:52And it's really exciting for us to be recognised as that sort of, you know, level of city when it comes to music.

02:00So hopefully that kicks on and we keep growing and keep on getting bigger with it.

02:04And us musicians in Sunderland have to keep sticking at it and supporting each other.

02:09And, you know, really make this place a proper hub for music.

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