Rob Smith (Irish musician)

Rob Smith (born 1982) is an Irish singer-songwriter, DJ and writer from Terenure, Dublin.

Smith released his debut album, Throwing It All Away, in March 2008 to considerable success and toured in 10 countries across Europe promoting it. The lead single from the album, Stand Up, reached number 1 in the Irish downloads charts that summer. The follow up, 2010's The Juliana Field, was released to critical acclaim and landed Smith a nomination for Most Promising Act at that year's Meteor Awards. He released a live EP, titled Live in New York & Dublin, the following year. He released a well-received punk rock single in February 2015 called Dale Boca Juniors which charted in both Ireland and Argentina. In May 2015, he released a compilation titled Snapped Strings & Hangovers.

He is also a DJ, specializing in indie and alternative rock, and has spun in countries such as Italy, Netherlands, Scotland and the United States. A notable Boca Juniors fan, he is also a football writer for Irish music magazine Hot Press.

The Swedish Railway Orchestra is an instrumental electronica project by Smith; he released his debut LP Northern Lights under the name in September 2016. Musically, the project has been described in the press as a cross between LCD Soundsystem and Jape.

Albums

• Throwing It All Away - March 15, 2008
• The Juliana Field - August 20, 2010
• Northern Lights - September 1, 2016 (as The Swedish Railway Orchestra)

Extended plays

• Live In New York & Dublin - 2011
• Late Night (as The Swedish Railway Orchestra - October 31, 2016

Compilations

• Snapped Strings & Hangovers - May 29, 2015

Singles

• So Many, So Near - 2008
• Stand Up - 2008
• Rue Sainte-Dominique - 2011
• Dale Boca Juniors - 2015
• Bostero - 2016
• Northern Lights - 2016 (as The Swedish Railway Orchestra)
• Water - 2016 (as The Swedish Railway Orchestra)
• The Allegiance of Bobby Turbulence - 2016 (as The Swedish Railway Orchestra)
• I Don't See Any Daylight Anymore - 2017 (as The Swedish Railway Orchestra)