SYML is the solo venture of Brian Fennell who was previously part of the indie band Barcelona. SYML released his eponymous debut album on May 3, 2019 through Nettwerk Records.
Brian Fennell was born on January 16, 1983 in Issaquah, Washington. After living in several places in and around Seattle, he's since returned to his hometown and lives there currently where he writes and produces out of a home studio.
Fennell started playing piano at a young age, and wrote his first song when he was 18 years old as a coping mechanism after the death of a schoolmate. After high school, he attended Seattle Pacific University where he got a degree in Music Education with an emphasis in percussion.
Fennell currently performs under the solo project SYML. It means “simple” in Welsh, and is pulled from his own personal heritage. He was adopted as a child, and later in life found out that his biological parents are Welsh. His experience grappling with both his adoption and heritage are influences in his songwriting.
After his song "Where's My Love" was used on the popular drama TV show Teen Wolf, the song charted for 20 weeks on the Billboard Hot Rock Songs chart. In 2018, the song received Gold certification in Canada and Belgium, and held the #1 spot on Canada's CBC Top 20 charts twice. SYML's "Wildfire" also appeared in a Belgian teen drama web series wtFOCK (broadcast by VIER and VIJF 2018 - so far) - an adaption of the popular Norwegian series SKAM. "Where's My Love" was also featured prominently in the official trailer for the 2018 motion picture Adrift. SYML's three singles "Where's My Love", "Fear of Water" and "Body" were featured in an American Supernatural Drama Television series, Shadowhunters. In 2020, the song appeared in the movie Chemical Hearts.
In 2019, SYML's fan favorite cover of the classic "Mr. Sandman" was featured in the short film TIM (The Invisible Me) by writer/director John Grammatico. TIM Short Film
