Platinum-selling artist SYML shares new single "Heartbreakdown"
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UK + EUROPEAN HEADLINE TOUR
ON-SALE NOW
IN SUPPORT OF HIS THIRD STUDIO ALBUM
NOBODY LIVES HERE (OUT APRIL 4TH)
WATCH THE LIVE VIDEO FOR HIS NEW SINGLE “CAREFUL”
February 7, 2025 – Multi-platinum selling Seattle-based artist and producer SYML today releases his new single, “Heartbreakdown” (listen here) - the second preview track from his forthcoming new album Nobody Lives Here, which is set for release on April 4th.
He explains of “Heartbreakdown,” “No one is immune to heartbreak, and it happens when we are young and old. The best case is it teaches us how we want to love and be loved. The worst is that it hardens us and makes us cynical. The hope in this song is that we learn to forgive after a heart is broken.”
LISTEN + SHARE “HEARTBREAKDOWN” (EMBARGOED UNTIL 2/7/25)
Following the recent announcement of four intimate acoustic performances (London’s Omeara sold-out instantly) and his Spring European How It Was It Will Never Be Again Tour, both of which are nearly sold-out and in support of his upcoming album, Nobody Lives Here (out April 4, 2025), SYML will hit the road later this year for an extensive headline tour that includes stops in London, Brighton and Manchester. A full list of dates can be found below. Tickets are on sale today (7th Feb @ 10am GMT) at symlmusic.com.
Earlier this week SYML also released a new live video performance of his recent single from Nobody Lives Here, “Careful.” Recorded on Vashon Island in his homestate of Washington, the video features Fennell at his piano with sunlight seeping through the cracks of a rustic sanctum.
WATCH + SHARE “CAREFUL (LIVE FROM VASHON ISLAND)”
https://youtu.be/HFySwA84lys?si=RSdPktB-gDyWAUBd
Nobody Lives Here marks his clearest and crispest writing to date. Written, recorded, and produced by him, it is fueled by the keen understanding that life is a contradiction, a fleeting moment. As he accepts the presence of loss, he still welcomes others into his space with melody, lyrics, a slide guitar, or a cello’s hum. For the new record, his music remains cinematic and visceral, taking the license to both gut and be gutted. “If the dark inspires the good, that’s a good thing to be honest about. All of these characters inside of me are fascinated by the same thing, which is: Why are humans even here and what is this ever-expanding universe that we’re floating through?”
With close to four billion lifetime streams, SYML is the solo venture of artist Brian Fennell. Welsh for “simple”—he makes music that taps into the instincts that drive us to places of sanctuary, whether that be a place or a person. Born and raised in Seattle, Fennell studied piano and became a self-taught producer, programmer, and guitarist. He released his self-titled debut album in 2019, which included the multi-platinum song “Where’s My Love” and the Gold Record fan favorite “Girl." His 2023 sophomore album, The Day My Father Died, described by NPR as “euphoric,” was recorded at Studio X with renowned producer Phil Ek and features collaborations with Elbow’s Guy Garvey, Lucius, Sara Watkins of Nickel Creek, and Charlotte Lawrence. His music has become the soundtrack to countless films and TV shows and was used by Lana Del Rey on the song “Paris, TX,” from her Grammy-nominated 2023 album. In 2024, he launched an imprint, FIN. Recordings, a collaboration with his label, Nettwerk Music Group, and management team, Good Harbor Music.
Nobody Lives Here
A100
Carry No Thing
Careful
Please Slow Down
The White Light of the Morning
Wake
Heavy Hearts
How It Was Will Never Be Again
Something Beautiful and Bright
Heartbreakdown
Nobody Lives Here
SYML TOUR DATES:
How It Was It Will Never Be Again Tour
3/25 Eindhoven, NL Effenaar *SOLD OUT*
3/26 Rotterdam, NL LantarenVenster *SOLD OUT*
3/27 Frankfurt, DE Brotfabrik *SOLD OUT*
3/28 Enschede, NL Metropool Hertog Jan Zaal *SOLD OUT*
3/29 Groningen, NL Nieuwe Kerk *SOLD OUT*
3/31 Hannover, DE MusikZentrum *SOLD OUT*
4/2 Copenhagen, DK DR Koncerthouset, Studio 2
4/3 Berlin, DE Peter Edel *SOLD OUT
*4/6 Gent, BE Wintercircus *SOLD OUT*
8/15 Oslo, NO Langs Akerselva Festival
8/16 Bodø, NO Parkenfestivalen
Special acoustic album release Gatheryngs:
4/5 Paris, FR Le Consulat *SOLD OUT*
4/7 London, UK Omeara *SOLD OUT*
4/12 Seattle, WA Easy Street Records
5/7 Brooklyn, NY National Sawdust
5/8 Brooklyn, NY National Sawdust
Nobody Lives Here Tour (on-sale Friday, Feb 7, 2025)
8/14 Stockholm, SE Nalen
8/15 Oslo, NO Langs Akerselva
8/16 Bodø, NO Parkenfestivalen
10/9 Manchester, UK Academy 2
10/10 London, UK Electric Brixton
10/11 Brighton, UK Chalk
10/12 Esch-sur-Alzette, LX Rockhal
10/14 Nijmegen, NL Doornroosje
10/15 Antwerpen, BE De Roma
10/17 Utrecht, NL Tivoli Vrendenburg
10/18 Tourcoing, FR Le Grand Mix
10/19 Lyon, FR Le Transbordeur
10/21 Paris, FR Le Trianon
10/22 Zurich, CH Kaufleuten
2026
1/29 Wiesbaden, DE Schlachthof
1/30 Milano, IT Santeria Toscana 31
1/31 Munich, DE Technikum
2/01 Vienna, AT WUK
2/03 Krakow, PL Kwadrat
2/04 Warsaw, PL Progresja
2/06 Berlin, DE Metropol
2/07 Hamburg, DE Docks
2/08 Cologne, DE Carlswerk Victoria
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