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RELEASE DAY

June 6, 2011

Club Smith‘s debut single No Friend of Mine/Young Defeatists is now available to buy on 7″ or download at all major digital download stores.

Visit our Bandcamp or Big Cartel to order both too, and below is the fantastic video that accompanies the single!

News: Where to Buy & BBC Introducing Interview

May 31, 2011

With just under a week to go until the release of Club Smith‘s debut single ‘No Friend of Mine/Young Defeatists‘, here is a list of all the cool record shops you’ll be able to buy the 7″ from. Independent Record Shops are truly fantastic places that deserve all (and more) the trade they receive. So while we’d love it if you decided to buy the Club Smith record,  I can highly recommend these shops are cool places to discover new and old music alike!

Jumbo – Leeds
Crash – Leeds
Norman Records – Leeds (Mail Order)
Resident Records – Brighton
Spillers Records – Cardiff
Piccadilly Records – Manchester
Reflex Records – Newcastle
RPM Records – Newcastle
Action Records – Preston
Attic Records – York
Diskery – Birmingham
Soundclash – Norwich
Love Music – Glasgow
Banquet Records – Kingston Upon Thames
Rise – Bristol
Ape – Tumbridge Wells
Rough Trade – London
Pure Groove – London
Sister Ray – London
Following on from that, Club Smith performed a superb set last weekend at Norwich’s Playfest, and you can see their interview with BBC Introducing below. Apologies in advance, Sam has only just begin to learn English!

News: Club Smith Music Video

May 2, 2011

Club Smith have recently released the video for their debut single ‘No Friend of Mine‘. The video is filmed from the point of view of a boxing opponent, with lead singer Sam Robson providing some serious, and very entertaining, punches!

The release of the video comes off the back of a successful Live at Leeds performance by the band, packing out the Faversham with a fantastic crowd!

You can pre-order the single over at Rough Trade

Club Smith – Live At Leeds

April 5, 2011

In all of this Pigeon Detectives excitement, it’s worth mentioning Club Smith are due to play Live At Leeds this year. The wonderful people at Leeds Guide have put together this great preview, in which Club Smith get a mention!

http://www.leedsguide.co.uk/review/feature/live-at-leeds-2011/18329

Keep listening,

Ben

Club Smith – Waterfront (Norwich)

April 5, 2011

Well Club Smith are currently on tour with The Pigeon Detectives, and, after personally seeing them perform in Birmingham, it really is going spiffingly. Last night saw them as the main support, and the fantastic folks at the Blue Walrus headed down to see the band perform. You can find the hugely positive review here:

http://www.thebluewalrus.com/2011/04/05/club-smith-the-waterfront-norwich/

The remaining dates on the tour are:

5th April Cambridge – Junction
8th April Bournemouth – Old Fire Station
9th April Portsmouth – Wedgewood Rooms
10th April Bristol – Trinity
11th April Coventry – Kasbah

If you’re in or around these areas, make sure to get down for what will be a cracking show!

Keep listening,

Ben

York Press Preview

April 1, 2011

Club Smith get a fantastic mention in the York Press!

 

Ch-ch-ch-check it.

March 25, 2011

Club Smith get a mention in the Scarborough Evening News!

Must add that the words attributed to me as a ‘promoter’ actually come from the band’s press release by Impressive PR.

Club Smith announce Pigeon Detectives support dates

March 24, 2011

Club Smith have announced that they will be supporting The Pigeon Detectives on their upcoming tour! The Pigeon Detectives are promoting the release of their new album ‘UP, GUARDS AND AT  ‘EM!‘, so needless to say that these gigs will be cracking. Club Smith are first on (and undoubtedly setting the tone) at the following dates:

Tues 29th March: Glasgow ABC

Sat 2nd April: Birmingham HMV Institute
Sun 3rd April: Oxford O2 Academy
Mon 4th April: Norwich UEA
Tues 5th April: Cambridge Junction
Fri 8th April: Bournemouth Old Fire Station
Sat 9th April: Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms
Sun 10th April: Bristol Trinity
Mon 11th April: Coventry Kasbah

Head over to Club Smith’s website for more information regarding tickets and whatnot.

Single Release Announcement

March 2, 2011

We can officially announce today that we will be releasing Club Smith‘s AA side single ‘No Friend of Mine‘ and ‘Young Defeatists‘! The release date is scheduled for the 6th June and it will be released on a strictly limited edition run of 7″ vinyls, and download from all good digital outlets. However for the mean time you can pre-order the 7″ over at Rough Trade!

We have some really exciting plans for the release, including a video for ‘No Friend of Mine‘ that I can guarantee will get people talking!

You can listen to the single by using the player below, as well as a remix by CoPilots that you can download for free.

For gig dates and other glorious Club Smith related paraphernalia, head over to Club Smith’s website and enjoy until you can enjoy no more!

A lot of organisation and planning has been going on for the past few months, and I know with this announcement we’ve marked the beginning of what will be a very successful release.

Keep listening,

Ben

New Month, New Events

February 5, 2011

With exciting news to come in the following months (we’re all very hard at work at the moment!), I thought I should let you all know that Club Smith will be supporting the fantastic iLikeTrains at the Duchess in York on the 11th February! Make sure to make it down as it will be  a fantastic gig, and Club Smith‘s first of 2011!

Also, I will be making an appearance on Leeds Student Radio this Sunday between 1-3pm as a guest to talk about Front Wall Records and Club Smith, so please tune in as the show itself is massively funny too. For example, they have a feature called ‘Ham or Hamas‘ .. !

For the mean time, please do keep spreading the word about Front Wall Records and Club Smith, and I’ll be back with exciting news as it comes in!

Keep listening,

Ben