Smith & Thell
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Smith & Thell are a pop/folk band based in Stockholm, Sweden. The duo, composed of Maria Smith (vocals, guitar) and Victor Thell (vocals, guitar, production), first met one another as young teenagers at a local music event in their hometown of Helsingborg in Southern Sweden.[1]
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Origin | Helsingborg, Sweden |
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Years active | 2012–present |
Labels | Playground Music |
Members | Maria Jane Smith, Victor Thell |
Their debut album Soulprints was released in April 2017 via the Nordic indie label Playground Music.[2]
The follow-up international hit single, "Forgive Me Friend", came in November 2018, and led the band to signing its first major label deal with the storied American label, Arista Records, a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment. Smith & Thell's sophomore album, "Pixie's Parasol" came via Arista Recordings in 2021, and featured the hits "Forgive Me Friend", "Hotel Walls", "Year of the Young", and "Goliath". The duo went on to perform on stages across the world with other artists, including The Head and the Heart, Young the Giant, and Fitz and The Tantrums.[3]
Smith & Thell won the Internationalen Songwriting-Wettbewerbs (ISC) with their song Goliath in 2021.[4]