With “a healthy dose of refined torchy twang to her new batch of confessional, well-crafted pop,” (Nashville Scene), Mindy Smith debuted #2 on June 26, 2012 on the iTunes singer/songwriter chart with her first new album as an independent artist. Offering 11 original compositions – seven of which Smith wrote with the remaining four as co-writes with Daniel Tashian, Kate York, Tami Hinesh and Lori McKenna -the album was co-produced with Jason Lehning and recorded at Sound Emporium Studio in Nashville with Bryan Sutton (guitar), Lex Price (bass), Ian Fitchuk (drums), Joe Pisapia (guitar), Jason Lehning (guitar) and Dan Dugmore (pedal steel). The music video for the album’s first single, “Closer” (directed by Fairlight Hubbard and Ryan Hamblin), was shot in the southern Gothic-style of Smith’s previous videos, and continues in rotation at CMT Pure and CMT.com. To watch the official music video for “Closer”, click here.
Prior to the release of her 2004 debut, the New York native charmed fans with her rendition of Dolly Parton’s “Jolene” for the much-praised Dolly Parton tribute album Just Because I’m a Woman. Her Vanguard Records debut album, One Moment More, earned numerous accolades, featured the hit single “Come to Jesus” and sold over 300,000 copies. She subsequently released Long Island Shores (Vanguard, 2006), My Holiday (Vanguard, 2007) and Stupid Love (Vanguard, 2009). In August 2011, Mindy and longtime friend Daniel Tashian recorded “Taking You With Me,” a duet featured in the film and soundtrack for Paul Rudd’s film Our Idiot Brother.