SYML is the solo venture of artist Brian Fennell. With over one billion lifetime streams, SYML—Welsh for “simple”—makes music that taps into the instincts that drive us to places of sanctuary, whether that be a place or a person. Born and raised in Seattle, Fennell studied piano and became a self-taught producer, programmer, and guitarist. Says Fennell about this EP, "It’s wild how some “seasons” in life can feel like actual seasons. Pain and loss in winter, joy in summer, hope in spring, etc. How I Got Home, as an EP, is a collection of seasons to me, sometimes multiple within one song. How I Got Home, as a song, is a bit of Winter and Spring. Too many metaphors to count I guess. I have always been a visual writer when it comes to music. Composing music without lyrics offers the opportunity to paint what I see with melodies and chords. The songs are vignettes and short films in their own way. Everyone in my life is a main character, even our sweet muppet of a dog, Maggie. There are moments that pay tribute to composers and pieces I loved learning when I was young, as well as some that came from seemingly nowhere. There are moments so vibrant that they needed a full orchestra! (which was a trip, I’ve rarely felt as thankful as when I heard a giant room of strings and brass singing my song back to me). In the less ornate songs, like Girvan, there is still movement and life. Girvan is a small seaside town in Scotland where we watched the sun set over the water from the upper deck of our tour bus as we cruised the coast. I realize the cheesiness of pretending my eyes are cameras and that I am writing the soundtrack to mini-movies I am directing, but I’m owning it because life is too f****ng short. I hope you love it and make your own movies with these songs".