SYML – DIM

A hauntingly ethereal and deeply moving ballad from singer, songwriter and producer Brian Fennell, who is more commonly known as SYML.

Today marks the release of his highly anticipated new EP ‘DIM’, with the theme of ‘loss exploration’ running throughout the record.

“This EP is largely about losing those close to us. Calling it DIM really applies to the light we carry during our time here. When those lights go out, it’s this sort of dimming process, but rather than living in that sadness – even though I think that’s a really healthy thing to do, to stay in that cozy, warm blanket sadness sometimes – it’s about honouring what that light was, and realising that there’s still that same light in all of us that are still here.”

‘DIM’ out now via Nettwerk Records

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SYML – Flags

“The song is from the perspective of the body experiencing cancer. We meet pain and hopelessness with community and fight, and the fight is meaningful.”

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New Music: SYML

Meant To Stay Hid’ is a personal song about loss. It’s that tangible and uncomfortable whole-body feeling that someone is gone. It’s the reality that our memory of them will fade and change. But it’s also the beautiful, yet unreasonable, hope that we will be with them again. For whatever dark reason, I often imagine losing those closest to me. However, I don’t live in constant fear of losing them. Writing about it helps me to love them more deeply while we share this short time together. For me, this song sounds like what it feels like when I hold back tears. It’s almost soothing, but without any actual release.”

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