Club Smith

Club Smith
Background information
Origin	York/Leeds, Yorkshire, UK
Genres	Alternative rock Indie rock
Years active	2004–2009 (as The Hair) 2009–present
Labels	Various small independents
Associated acts	Quango, The Hair
Website	www.clubsmith.co.uk
Members
Lee Clark Vijay Mistry Neil Clark Sam Robson

Club Smith are an English Indie Rock/Electro Indie band based in York and Leeds, UK. The band currently consists of Sam Robson (lead vocals/guitar), Neil Clark (keyboard/backing vocals), Lee Clark (bass guitar/backing vocals) and Vijay Mistry (drums). The band are known for their energetic live performances and have toured venues across the UK as well as festivals and a one-off gig in Berlin in 2010. The band were one of the acts featured on the BBC’s ‘introducing’ tent at the Reading and Leeds Festivals in 2010 ^[1] and have so far released two EPs in their current guise.

As Club Smith’s presence has grown they have continued to support leading acts such as the Sunshine Underground, Mystery Jets, The Pigeon Detectives and Two Door Cinema Club and have played venues all over the UK and as far away as Berlin in addition to playing the 2010 Reading and Leeds Festivals. In 2010 they released their first two EPs, The Loss and The Process. In 2011 the band are set to release their debut single 'No Friend of Mine' and 'Young Defeatists' as a double A side through Front Wall Records. The official release date is 6 June 2011.^[2]

Major Performances

• Bfest in 2009
• Supported The Sunshine Underground on Leeds leg of their UK tour in 2010
• Supported Mystery Jets on York leg of their UK tour in 2010
• Leeds and Reading Festivals in 2010
• Supported Two Door Cinema Club on York leg of their UK tour in 2010
• Supported The Pigeon Detectives on 9 dates of their 2011 UK Tour

Discography

As Club Smith

EPs

• The Loss EP (March 2010)
• The Process EP (June 2010)

On Compilations

• Dance to the Radio 5th Anniversary special (Lament, track 3) (Dance to the Radio) (April 2010)

References

1. ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/festivals/readingandleeds/2010/artists/clubsmith/
2. ^ http://www.frontwallrecords.co.uk

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