To begin a new chapter in their ongoing musical story, the Smith brothers have served up a suitably strong double A-side single. Both were recorded with producer Max Shrager at his Studio Zoe space in New Jersey, following the culmination of the duo’s 2025 tour of the United States. Musically rich, sonically vivid and terrifically tactile, the two songs are as emotionally stirring as they are infectious and inspiring. Lead cut ‘Forever Heaven’ was originally laid down in demo form in their studio in Leeds, before being re-made with Shrager last year. It sees the pair at their sweet and alluring best, with glassy-eyed, loved-up lead vocals, chiming melodies and dusty licks rising above rubbery bass guitar, warming electric piano motifs and a snare-heavy soul break. It’s a moon-lit masterpiece tailored made for humid evenings and sweltering summer nights. This blue-eyed soul-meets-soft-rock feel is further explored on ‘Changing’, a track written in Los Angeles following a tour rehearsal session, and subsequently laid down in New Jersey. In it, the Smith brothers offer subtle nods to pedal steel-sporting Americana and late sixties psychedelic dream pop. More languid, gentle and musically detailed in tone, the song makes use of a similarly warm and organic sonic palette and classic instrumentation. It’s another timeless blast of wide-eyed, loved-up musical nostalgia that lingers long in the memory.
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The Brudenell is a lively and fun loving venue that embraces music and art under a wide and diverse umbrella that has no boundaries.
The Brudenell has been in the past most famous for hosting secret gigs for bands like Franz Ferdinand and the Kaiser Chiefs. However, it has been a centrepiece of the Leeds music scene for a number of years, and hosts events most nights of the week, which are put on by a variety of local promoters, covering a wide spectrum of genres.
The Brudenell is not just about music... facilities include: a lounge, Games Room with Snooker Table, 5 Pool Tables, Darts, Table Football, two large concert room, Sky TV and BT Sport showing all the live sports in HD.