Rising star Waiting for Smith has arrived in full form after releasing his highly-anticipated debut album Raised Up.
For fans of Tom Odell, Lewis Capaldi and Ed Sheeran, the songwriter is a surefire new favourite with his heartfelt and guitar-led flicks making his first full record an endearing listen.
The 10-track project has been a long time coming for the artist, who first released music on streaming platforms back in 2017. His stock has risen in recent months having completed support tours with James Mcvey and Benedict Cork across the UK and Europe. Waiting For Smith is set to celebrate his album’s release at Paris’ Les Etoiles on June 11th and London’s Courtyard Theatre on June 13th.
The title track from Raised Up has racked up over 500,000 streams across platforms already but just scratches the surface of the tales released into the world on the album. Opener ‘Let Light In’ is an easy early favourite with its spring-touched positivity while ‘Feel Ya Flow’ is a rousing campfire anthem.
Speaking on the album, Waiting for Smith said: “I feel this LP can help reduce your anxiety and feelings of unworthiness, and I really want it to increase your happiness, increase your feelings of positivity, and raise you up to a state of vibrational joy – like it has for me.
“As someone who has experienced a lot of pain – both mentally and physically, from breaking my back to overcoming severe mental health struggles and dying for 5 minutes only to come out the other side to feel joy most days – I want to share this message of joy that I’ve found with others: my family, friends, my love, my listeners, and really anyone I meet.”
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