
LA-based artist Your Smith (formerly Caroline Smith) has announced her debut Bad Habit EP arriving August 24th on Neon Gold Recods (Charli XCX, Christine & The Queens) – with the single + video release for the title track today.
Your Smith also announced her first official tour this week, kicking off in September with support from BAUM. She will make her NYC debut at Neon Gold’s 10th Anniversary party, taking the stage alongside Marina & The Diamonds, The Knocks, Matt Maeson, and more.
Your Smith on “Bad Habit”: “Bad Habit was a mental breakthrough for me. It was the end of my writer’s block and it was the first song I wrote as Smith. I had exhausted myself trying to fit into the fabric of the LA pop writer scene. This song was my white flag; the surrender to myself and my sound. I expected no one to get it. Turns out a lot of people did and needed it as badly as I needed it.”
The Minneapolis native relocated to Los Angeles in 2016 where she began to find pieces of herself tucked into the folds of LA’s rich musical history. Inspired by the cherished songwriters of her youth, she channeled that nostalgia, writing songs for the part of her that needed more of that feeling. This new outlook is encompassed on “The Spot,” her debut single as Your Smith – “The Spot” is the result of that feeling”, Smith writes, “the feeling of the 90s and the warmth and dustiness of the sounds mixed with the exciting evolution of modern music; the carefree vocals and the wholly accepted blur between masculinity and femininity in the music scene.” She continues, “Your Smith is an embodiment of that identity. The blur, the warmth, and the familiarity. The change in name is less of a reinvention and more of an engagement with that part of me. I’m still me. I’m still your Smith.”
Your Smith live
% with BAUM
Tue 9.18 – Denver, CO @ Globe Hall %
Thu 9.20 – Iowa City, IA @ The Mill %
Fri 9.21 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue %
Sat 9.22 – Chicago, IL @ Sleeping Village %
Sun 9.23 – Oshkosh, WI @ The Howard %
Tue 9.25 – Pontiac, MI @ The Pike Room at Crofoot %
Wed 9.26 – Toronto, ON @ The Drake Hotel %
Sat 9.29 – Brooklyn, NY @ Knockdown Center (Neon Gold 10th Anniversary Party)
Sun 9.30 – Boston, MA @ The Red Room at Cafe %
Tue 10.2 – Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda’s %
Wed 10.3 – Washington DC @ DC9 %
Thu 10.4 – Brooklyn, NY @ Baby’s All Right %
Fri 10.5 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Club Cafe %
Sat 10.6 – Cincinnati, OH @ Motr Pub %
Sun 10.7 – Columbus, OH @ The Basement %
Tue 10.9 – St. Louis, MO @ Off Broadway %
Wed 10.10 – Milwaukee, WI @ Colectivo Coffee %
Thu 10.11 – La Crosse, WI @ Cavalier Theatre %
Fri 10.12 – Des Moines, IA @ Vaudeville Mews %
Sat 10.13 – Kansas City, MO @ The Riot Room %
Sun 10.14 – Omaha, NE @ Reverb %
Tue 10.16 – Fort Collins, CO @ Downtown Artery %