New band of the day – No 952: Swimming

This lot specialise in surging, shimmering synth-pop refracted through waves of My Bloody Valentine guitar hazeHometown: Nottingham.The lineup: John Sampson (vocals, instruments), Peter Sampson (drums), Jonathon Spittlehouse (guitar), Andrew Wright (keyboards), Blake Pearson (bass).The background: Bands, especially new ones, are often compared to other bands, but some, to paraphrase George Orwell, are more comparable than others: Swimming's 2009 debut album, The Fireflow Trade, saw them compared...

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