Saw this one on a whim and now, really into the band. Words and photo for BiS
Carrying the vibes of the scary, cool kids in high school, somewhere between Judd Nelson and Ally Sheedy in ‘The Breakfast Club’, when the members of Swimming Girls aren’t performing, I imagine that they are always preceded by a slight mist when they walk through a door. When they take the stage, it’s as the best ‘battle of the bands’ band that has ever existed.
Formed in Bath, the dream pop, four piece came together as a self described ‘musical project’ and has gained national attention through accolades like a feature on BBCIntroducing and a spot in Glastonbury’s Emerging Talent Competition.
During the writing and recording of their recently released, debut EP, Existential Fears, Swimming Girls took a hard turn in much more serious lyrical terrain. Previously, they released poppy singles one after the other, like ‘Back of Your Car’, where lead singer and guitarist, Vanessa, airily reminisced about lust to synth laden back beats and while most of the songs are still poppy and stripped with neon, some are brooding with leather and heavy eye liner.
the sounds in my head... 