The Swimmers is a four piece band from Philadelphia, whose first album Fighting Trees, released in 2008, caught a lot of positive attention. Running hot on their debut, The Swimmers return with a catchy, quick and very 60’s British album titled People are Soft.
The Swimmers – What This World is Coming To
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The Swimmers took a new direction for their sophomore album and built a home studio to produce People are Soft themselves. This majorly effected the style of the album, producing songs sounding eager but not hurried, with darkly refined sound-capes that call to minds such bands as The Kooks, The New Pornographers, and The Kinks. I found my album favorites were “Save Me [From The Brightness]” and “To The Bells.” Both were songs that possessed a clear amalgamation of sound and were balanced with great vocals. The only song I had qualms with was “A Hundred Hearts” – mostly due to it feeling like something The Virgins would produce if they were trying to make British rock. But other than that, I’m a fan of The Swimmers’ sophomore effort.
