Swim Deep On The Return Of Feel Good Music: ‘Positive Is So Much Better’

It’s not just the UK economy that’s taken a downturn over the past few years: it seems the mood of our music has, too. At least that’s what Class Of 2013 band Swim Deep tell us.

‘I think it’s a long time since a band has just wanted to release such feel good music,’ explains singer Austin Williams, speaking to DIY. ‘It’s just been missing for a while, but it’s coming back.

‘People just seem a bit more depressed over the last year or so, but people are really on the up now. A lot of stuff has just made people realise that the positive is so much better than any negative.

‘Take the London riots, when everybody came together and cleared up together, I think the UK just kind of realised that we don’t have to have all of this negative stuff that’s going on.’

Read the full interview in the December 2012 / January 2013 issue of DIY, available now.

Swim Deep’s new single ‘Honey’ is out now through Chess Club Records. The band have recently announced plans for a thirteen-date tour, taking place early next year. Here are the details:

FEBRUARY
14 Joiners, Southampton
15 The Temple at HMV Institute, Birmingham
16 Brudenell Social Club, Leeds
17 Soup Kitchen, Manchester
18 Bodega Social, Nottingham
19 Plug, Sheffield
20 Stereo, York
22 King Tuts, Glasgow
23 Kazimier, Liverpool
24 Thekla, Bristol
25 Norwich OPEN, 20 Bank Plain, Norwich
26 London XOYO, London
27 Green Door Store, Brighton