Ecstatics International
by Swimming
Added 2011-11-28 08:39:00Z
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Avg rating: 8.0 | 415 plays | Indie & Alternative
'Ecstatics International' is the much-anticipated second album from Nottingham's trailblazing five-piece Swimming, coming out via Tummy Touch Records (Tom Vek, Groove Armada). As befits their name, Swimming are a fluid proposition. Moving seamlessly between genres, moods and textures, their strange but affecting sound is crafted with genuine pop instincts as the starting point. The resulting set of songs, though hard to pigeonhole, feel truly unique. Whilst their songs are far-reaching and musically fantastical, Swimming's roots are somewhat closer to home. The band is the brainchild of idiosyncratic lead-vocalist John Sampson, who has lived variously in Australia, England and Cocos Island (before settling in Nottingham). He formed swimming with his brother peter - a former UK champion beat boxer - together with Andy Wright, Joff Spittlehouse and Blake Pearson (who creates the band's artwork). Their music is still self-produced in a small examining town in Notts, balancing tradition with invention (location and field recordings integrated with full studio and bedroom production).
Their current single 'neutron wireless crystal' has picked up where its predecessor left off, but expands the band's kaleidoscopic horizons once more. Named after the crystals used in early transistor radios ('the first instruments of modern-mass-communication'), this is an imaginative blend of swirling synths, psychedelic rock, drum machines and intense, melodic pop.
Their current single 'neutron wireless crystal' has picked up where its predecessor left off, but expands the band's kaleidoscopic horizons once more. Named after the crystals used in early transistor radios ('the first instruments of modern-mass-communication'), this is an imaginative blend of swirling synths, psychedelic rock, drum machines and intense, melodic pop.
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