Looking forward, Smith is hoping to record an album of her own originals, perform them, and do her Nick Cave covers us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. It’s too hard to explain, it’s so crazy.” “I think that it’s like a miracle,” Smith said. And I think the Lips do quite a lot on The Late Show and those things on CBS, and so they’re just on the books there,” Jude said. Nell and The Flaming Lips’ cover songs have been gaining attention, including by Nick Cave himself, which has led to her getting featured on The Late Show. “I’m so grateful and I think that it’s an amazing opportunity… that this is the way I’m being brought into the music industry.” The band is a “very supportive group of people,” Smith said. The family developed a relationship with The Flaming Lips, and the musical mentorship began. The young Fernie-ite and the rockstar began chatting near the stage before the show, and Coyne traded numbers with Jude. Smith gravitated towards the alternative rock band The Flaming Lips, and managed to get Coyne’s attention at a show in Calgary. Her father, Jude Smith, would take her to shows from a young age. She was introduced to music at the very beginning of her life. Smith has been making her way into the professional music scene for some years now with The Flaming Lips lead singer, Wayne Coyne, taking her under his wing.īorn in Leeds, England, Smith moved to Fernie when she was around five. READ MORE: Fernie local, Nell Cline-Smith, releases first music video Alternative/Indie Rock American Underground Noise Pop Dream Pop Experimental Rock Neo-Psychedelia Alternative Pop/Rock. “I’m just really excited and thankful for everything that’s going on.” Smith, a 14-year-old student at Fernie Secondary School, said she thinks appearing Stephen Colbert’s show is “amazing and crazy.” The song is a cover of Red Right Hand by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, and is part of a 9-track cover album called Where The Viaduct Looms that Nell and The Flaming Lips released on Nov. 4, Smith is set to have a music video that she recorded with The Flaming Lips appear on CBS’ The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, which has millions of viewers worldwide. Young Nell Smith of Fernie is brushing shoulders with entertainment industry giants as she makes her way into the world of professional music. Coyne has taken Smith under his musical mentorship. Nell Smith of Fernie with The Flaming Lips lead singer, Wayne Coyne. Agassiz Secondary Senior Boys Basketball.Coyne chose Nick Cave because Nell didn't know him and wouldn’t have preconceived notions as to how to sing the songs. When a planned trip to record with the band in Oklahoma had to be cancelled due to Covid, Coyne suggested Nell record some Nick Cave songs and email them to Oklahoma to be backed by the band. Coyne soon began to notice the kid in the parrot suit and sang a David Bowie cover directly to her at the show in Calgary, with Nell singing every word back.Ī musical bond formed with Coyne staying in contact with Nell and her father Jude as she learned to play guitar, while their creative relationship began to flourish when she started to write her own songs. Nell had already attended several Lips shows and was a regular at the front of the stage, dressed in a parrot costume and screaming out the band’s songs. This inspiring and heartwarming story begin when Smith, originally from Leeds (UK), moved to Canada and first met Wayne Coyne at the age of 12 at The Flaming Lips’ headline show at the Sled Island Festival, Calgary, in 2018 with her family. The album was mastered by Dave Fridmann at Tarbox Road Studios. Where the Viaduct Looms comprises nine Nick Cave cover versions with vocals and instrumentation by 14-year-old Nell Smith and instrumentation and production by The Flaming Lips.
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