Progressive US artist SYML returns with his intimate new single 'Sweet Home', out February 11th
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February 11, 2022 – Fresh off the back of a flurry of bright and enticing releases throughout 2021, which included his breathtaking live album ‘Sacred Spaces’ (Recorded At St. Mark’s Cathedral), and ‘DIM’ EP progressive singer, songwriter, and producer Brian Fennell aka SYML now returns to share his heartfelt new single 'Sweet Home.’
Recorded in his hometown Seattle, the song was produced by Phil Ek and aims to highlight the next vibrant chapter in the artist’s journey to date. Offering an intimate glimpse into his current life and the path he traveled, the new video also beautifully highlights the warm and enticing harmonies embedded within a sweeping orchestral arrangement, creating vivid and nostalgic imagery that breathes life into this personal new offering.
Speaking about the song, he said, “’Sweet Home’ is never one place. It is never one person. It is a collision, beautiful and hideous, of every place and every person that we entangle ourselves with that allows us to recognize “home”. This song feels cozy and nostalgic, like the nostalgia of something good is enough to carry us through any storm. That is home.”
Going further in regards to the tracks accompanying viddeo SYML explains, “When I wrote Sweet Home, I was feeling nostalgic. What’s interesting is that it was a pretty generic sort of nostalgia. As I spent more time with the song, and what the video might be, it occurred to me that as we grow, our concept of home grows with us. Home will always be some mythical combination of places and people from our past that never stops changing, which makes nostalgia tricky.
“This video is about my memories of home. The obvious starting point was my childhood home. When we got there, I was expecting some big feelings, but my memory of that place had changed so much that it all felt a bit dull. We visited other important places like the university where I studied music education and met my longtime mentor who helped shaped me as a musician. We stood outside an iconic Seattle venue (The Crocodile Cafe) and the house where I lived and wrote the first SYML songs, and it all felt strange. It’s not like these places lost their significance in my life, but they are no longer mine. New people fill those spaces and the idea of sharing nostalgia made me a bit sad.
“We ended the shoot day at my house with my family. Being grounded for the past two years has certainly given me a new sense of home. What’s crazy is that even within the familiarity I have here, my home is changing every day. Babies are born, pets are adopted, little projects around the house . . . always changing.
“Of course, part of the reason for this video was to share important pieces of my life. I didn’t anticipate that it would help me understand nostalgia better.”
WATCH + SHARE ‘SWEET HOME’ HERE
Next month, SYML will embark on an extensive European tour taking in some of the world’s most beautiful churches in support of his live album ‘Sacred Spaces’, which was released last November and recorded at St. Mark’s Cathedral in Seattle. A complete list of dates is below.
SYML’s released his self-titled debut album in 2019, which included the platinum-selling song ‘Where’s My Love’. With over 1 billion streams, his music has connected with the world for its honest songwriting and emotive voice. Born and raised in Seattle, Fennell studied piano at Seattle Pacific University and is a self-taught producer, programmer, guitarist.
TOUR DATES:
Mar 4 Copenhagen, DK Hotel Cecil
Mar 5 Oslo, NO Parkteatret
Mar 6 Stockholm, SE Sodra Teatern
Mar 8 Hamburg, DE Elbphilharmonie Recital Hall (SOLD OUT)
Mar 10 London, UK Union Chapel
Mar 11 Manchester, UK Deaf Institute (SOLD OUT)
Mar 12 Dublin, IE Pepper Canister Church (SOLD OUT)
May 4 Cologne, DE Kulturkirche (SOLD OUT) *
May 5 Amsterdam, NL Het Zonnehuis (SOLD OUT) *
May 6 Amsterdam, NL Het Zonnehuis (SOLD OUT) *
May 8 Zurich, CH Plaza *
May 9 Paris, FR Café de la Danse (SOLD OUT) *
May 10 Brussels, BE Les Nuits Botanique *
May 11 Berlin, DE Passionskirche (SOLD OUT) *
* rescheduled show. All original tickets honored.
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