Rob Smith (born 29 September 1982) [1] is an Irish singer-songwriter, DJ [2] [3] and writer from Terenure, [4] Dublin. He is married and has one daughter.
Rob Smith (born 29 September 1982) [1] is an Irish singer-songwriter, DJ [2] [3] and writer from Terenure, [4] Dublin. He is married and has one daughter.
Smith released his debut album, Throwing It All Away, in March 2008 to considerable success [5] and toured in 10 countries across Europe promoting it. The lead single from the album, Stand Up, reached number 1 in the Irish downloads charts that summer. [6] The follow-up, 2010's The Juliana Field, was released to critical acclaim [7] [8] and landed Smith a nomination for Most Promising Act at that year's Meteor Awards. [9] He released a live EP, titled Live in New York & Dublin, the following year. [10] He released a well-received punk rock single in February 2015 called Dale Boca Juniors which charted in both Ireland and Argentina. [11] In May 2015, he released a compilation titled Snapped Strings & Hangovers. [12]
He is also a DJ, specialising in indie and alternative rock, and has spun in countries such as Italy, [2] Netherlands, Scotland and the United States. [3] A notable Boca Juniors fan, [13] he is also a football writer for Irish music magazine Hot Press [14] , and has published a book on the history of the Camp Nou. [15]
The Swedish Railway Orchestra is an electronic [16] project by Smith; he released his debut LP Northern Lights under the name in September 2016, [17] [18] as well the follow-up This Is a Dream to critical acclaim. [19] Musically, the project has been described in the press as a cross between LCD Soundsystem and Jape. [20] . More recently he has enjoyed a fruitful collaboration with Galway's Blowtorch Records, releasing two vinyl LPs Dance To The Drum Machine [21] and Once Upon A Time... [22]