Bath-based five-piece Night Swimming have shared their new single Evergreen. The first new music to be heard since their buzzy 2022 double-single Freight Train / A Wall, new single Evergreen further expands on the band’s sweeping dream-pop, following support dates with some of the UK’s most exciting emerging acts including Coach Party, The Blinders, Deco, Sad Night Dynamite, Night Tapes, Automotion, Home Counties, amongst others. Watch visualizer for Evergreen via YouTube below or listen here.
Taken under the wing of British producer Peter Miles (FIZZ, Orla Gartland), the band decamped the south west for Middle Farm Studios in Devon in 2023 to record their first body of work, with Evergreen its bold, ambitious first taste.
Recorded live to tape, industrial rhythms are set against a colourful, atmospheric soundscape, with the band noting the influence of Beach House and Slowdive’s live shows for their “combination of sensory elements” and the resulting “deepening of emotional response”.
Speaking more on the inspiration behind new single Evergreen, vocalist and lyricist Meg Jones said: “Evergreen centres around the uncertainty of not knowing where you stand in a relationship. Despite this, it is also an expression of deep feeling for someone.”
Allowing their collective love of film and scores to motivate them to create music with a cinematic aesthetic, Night Swimming invite the listener to visualise and to indulge their imaginations, with further influences ranging from tribal elders such as Cocteau Twins, The Cure and Radiohead to more modern contemporary inspiration in the shape of Wolf Alice, Just Mustard and Warpaint.
Lyricist and vocalist, Meg Jones writes in semi-veiled autobiography, drawing on her own experiences, and the experiences of those close to her. In her teens, the lyricism of folk artists such as Joni Mitchell, Laura Marling and Ben Howard resonated with her, for their introspectiveness and sensitivity to detail. More recently, she has found inspiration in writers such as Daughter’s Elena Tonra, Robert Smith, and Lana Del Rey.
Night Swimming have been patient with their music and their craft – taking the necessary steps to hone their sound and live performance – and with Evergreen they have delivered a spectacular new statement of intent and a sure signifier of a busy 12 months ahead for the young band.
Night Swimming’s new single Evergreen is out now. The band support L’objectif and The Orielles in the coming weeks and headline Rough Trade Bristol on 28th September. Night Swimming will release their first project later this year.
Live dates
20th April, The Grace – London
25th April, Louisiana – Bristol (supporting L’objectif)
7th May, Treehouse – Frome (supporting The Orielles)
28th Sep, Rough Trade – Bristol (Headline)
Night Swimming are Meg Jones (vocals), Sam Allen (guitar), Jesse Roache (guitar), Josh Nottle (bass), Torin Moore (drums)
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