Still Ill: Swimsuit

Swimsuit are a newer band (been around just under a year) from MI/NYC (me thinks) featuring various veterans of the MI music scene, the most prominent being Fred Thomas, formerly of Saturday Looks Good To Me,Lovesick,Flashpapr (a band very near and dear to my heart, but ill save that for another time) and currently of City Center. In their short time as a band they've managed to release two (now sold out) tapes and most recently a 7"

The music is mostly instrumental lo fi/surfy/dream/twee pop (buzz words!) stuff drenched in tape echo/reverb/chorus, somewhat equatable to certain parts of SLGTM, but by no means a continuation, Swimsuit can definitely stand on its own with no points of reference to former bands really needed. As much as i really enjoy the instrumental songs the real standout ones are those that have vocals, "Evaporation" has become a mixtape staple ever since i heard the demo a few months back, the reverb soaked female vocals overtop of the surfy twee pop (with a bit of Black Tamborine) makes for 1:58 seconds of pure bliss that leave me wanting more even though i can't imagine the song getting better than it is. The other non instrumental track on the demo, "Sunlight" has some nice sparse vocals that feature Fred most prominently.

The demo is by far my favorite release, short and sweet (which works perfectly for my limited attention span), the "peace gull" tape has a nice flow but sometimes i feel like the cymbals get a little too distorted and other times i think the flow is a lil too nice i kinda zone out on it, its still great though and certainly worth a listen. the first show recording sounds fun and kinda sloppy and basically what first shows are supposed to sound like, so whenever i listen to it, i get that feeling of the nervous energy that playing a first show brings and it makes me very happy. I just ordered the 7" which apparently has an Albert Ayler cover on the b side, so i'm very excited to hear what that's like.

I could go on and on and make less and less sense but i really just wanna go drink orange juice and listen to bad hardcore right now.

so without further ado: