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SYML is the solo venture of Brian Fennell who was previously part of the indie band Barcelona. SYML released his eponymous debut album on May 3, 2019 through Nettwerk Records.[1]

SYML
Brian Fennell performing in Norway in 2018
Background information
Birth name	Brian Leseney Fennell
Born	(1983-01-16) January 16, 1983 (age 39)
Origin	Issaquah, Washington, United States
Genres	Alternative indie indie pop pop
Occupation(s)	Musician songwriter
Instrument(s)	Vocals keyboards guitar
Labels	Nettwerk
Website	symlmusic.com

Life and career

Brian Fennell was born on January 16, 1983 in Issaquah, Washington. After living in and around Seattle, he returned to his hometown and lives there currently where he writes and produces out of a home studio.[2]

Fennell started playing piano at a young age, and wrote his first song when he was 18 years old as a coping mechanism after the death of a schoolmate.[3] After high school, he attended Seattle Pacific University[4] where he got a degree in Music Education with an emphasis in percussion.[3]

Fennell currently performs under the solo project SYML. It means "simple" in Welsh, and is pulled from his own personal heritage. He was adopted as a child, and later found out that his biological parents are Welsh. His experience grappling with his adoption and heritage are influences in his songwriting.[2]

After his song "Where's My Love" was used on the popular drama TV show Teen Wolf, the song charted for 20 weeks on the Billboard Hot Rock Songs chart.[5] In 2018, the song received Gold certification in Canada and Belgium,[6] and held the #1 spot on Canada's CBC Top 20 charts twice.[7][8] SYML's "Wildfire" appeared in the Belgian teen drama web series wtFOCK[9] (broadcast by VIER and VIJF 2018 - so far) - an adaption of the popular Norwegian series SKAM.[10] "Where's My Love" was also featured prominently in the official trailer for the 2018 motion picture Adrift.[11] SYML's singles "Where's My Love", "Fear of Water" and "Body" were featured in the American supernatural drama television series Shadowhunters. In 2020, the song^{[clarification needed]} appeared in the movie Chemical Hearts.

In 2019, SYML's fan favorite cover of the classic "Mr. Sandman" was featured in the short film TIM (The Invisible Me)[12] by writer/director John Grammatico.

Discography

Studio albums

Release date	Title	Ref(s)
2019	SYML
2021	Sacred Spaces (Live Album)	[13]
2023	The Day My Father Died

EPs

Release date	Title	Ref(s)
2016	Hurt for Me	[14]
2017	Where's My Love	[1]
	Hurt for Me (Piano & Strings)	[15]
2018	In My Body	[16]
Nov. 27, 2020	You Knew It Was Me	[17]
April 16, 2021	DIM	[18]
July 30, 2021	Ancient Call	[19]

Singles

Release date	Title	Note(s)	Ref(s)
2017	"Mr. Sandman"		[20]
	"Where's My Love"	#35 Alternative Songs[21] BPI: Gold[22]	[23]
2018	"Wildfire" (Instrumentals)		[24]
	"Clean Eyes"	#29 Alternative Songs[21]
2019	"The Bird"
	"Symmetry"
	"Take Me Apart"
2020	"Flags"
2021	"True"
	"Stay Close"
2022	"Sweet Home"
May 6, 2022	"You and I" (featuring Charlotte Lawrence)
June 24, 2022	"Have a Little Faith in Me"
August 12, 2022	"Lost Myself"
September 28, 2022	"Lost Myself" (featuring Guy Garvey)
October 18, 2022	"Howling" (featuring Lucius)

References

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