The solid-state structure of the title compound, C19H15NS2, is unusual among substituted thiophene/pyrrole derivatives in that the molecular packing is dominated by pi-pi interactions between the benzyl substituents. This may be due to the large torsion angles observed between adjacent heterocycles. Torsion angles between adjacent rings in polypyrrole and polythiophene conducting polymers are related to conjugation length and the conductivity properties of the polymer materials. The title compound crystallizes in space group P21/c with two molecules in the asymmetric unit, both of which exhibit disorder in one of their thiophene rings.