Club Smith - No Friend of Mine/ Young Defeatists

Leeds-based four piece Club Smith (Sam Robson: Main Vocals/Guitar, Vijay Mistry: Drums,
Lee Clark: Bass/Vocals, Neil Clark: Keys/sampler/vocals) release their debut AA side single
‘No Friend Of Mine’ / ‘Young Defeatists’ on 6th June via Front Wall Records. Promo copies
feature a remix by Copilots (Jamie Ellis of Battle and Russell Lissack of Bloc Party).

The tracks have been produced by Will Jackson (Pigeon Detectives/The Music) and mixed by
James Kenosha (Dinosaur Pile up/Pulled Apart by Horses /Grammatics). The propulsive
rhythms, fuzzing bass and rabble-rousing vocals lay the foundations for a dark, dense slice
of angry post-punk. Sam, a fearlessly candid and articulate lyricist, carefully negotiates the
melodrama of the every day and the timeless struggle of the angry young man, to create
impassioned and emotive lyrical content which deals with his growing despair over the state of
the country today…a call to arms perhaps?

There was a time, before Club Smith even existed, when Sam Robson’s baby-faced features at
17 meant that he and his cohorts were unable to nip out for a pint in their local public house….a
common problem for many of that age, but having experienced this rejection, Sam planted the
very first seeds of his future band….

“…we used to drink at Smithy’s house when his parents were away. We’d go round all the time,
get drunk and then try and emulate Original Pirate Material but writing songs about art foundation
courses and papier mache. We used to refer to the place as ‘Club Smith’. The name stuck in
my head and I had once wanted to start a club night with Smithy, but he’s well flaky so it never
happened. We decided to use Club Smith as the band name in the end anyway.”

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