Club Smith are an English Indie Rock/Electro Indie band based in York and Leeds, UK. The band currently consists of Sam Robson (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' stage at the Reading and Leeds Festivals in 2010.
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 released 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.
This was followed by a second single released in November 2011, "Call to Harm" through All Sorted Records. Both singles were picked up in national press such as the Independent and Music Week, with Radio DJs Steve Lamacq (6music), John Kennedy (XFM) and Tom Robinson (6music) playing the singles and XFM placing "Call to Harm" on the Evening playlist during November 2011.
In late 2012 Club Smith went into the studio with Producers Will Jackson and James Kenosha to record their debut album.
During early 2012 Club Smith were selected by Kaiser Chiefs as tour support for 7 shows where the band enjoyed a warm reception selling over 900 tour CDs from the merch stand. This led to a distribution deal with Tri-tone and PIAS distribution which was signed as a partnership with All Sorted !?! Records. The band and label formed and imprint "ASR" to release the debut Club Smith album. During the tour with Kaiser Chiefs Club Smith picked up very positive reviews from press such as The Fly (magazine), Record of the Day,Artrocker (magazine) and music blog Music Broke My Bones.
On 17 August 2012 Club Smith announced they would release their debut album "Appetite for Chivalry" through ASR / Tri-tone (Distributed UK-wide by PIAS Entertainment Group) on 12 November 2012. A limited edition format of the album was released from the band website on the same day
In January 2013 it was announced that Drummer Vijay Mistry would join Kaiser Chiefs as their new drummer. The band confirmed on their website that Vijay would continue to be involved in writing and performing with Club Smith where he could around his new commitments with Kaiser Chiefs.
Major Performances edit:
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,
Supported Kaiser Chiefs on their 2012 UK Tour,
Supported Shed Seven for the Manchester leg of their 2011 tour and 2 festival warm up gigs in London and Sheffield
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