Swimming (French Kicks album)

Swimming
Studio album by French Kicks
Released March 31, 2008
Recorded December 2007 at The Saltlands, Brooklyn, NY by Alex Pasco
Genre Indie Rock
Post-punk revival
Length 44:02
Label Vagrant Records
Producer French Kicks
French Kicks chronology
Two Thousand
(2006)
Swimming
(2008)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic link
BillboardFavorable link
The Daily MississippianFavorable link
IGNFavorable link
NylonFavorable link
Pitchfork Media7.6/10 link
PopMatters link
Spin link
The Village VoiceFavorable link
The Washington PostFavorable link

Swimming is the fourth full-length album by New York-based indie rock band French Kicks. Their first self-produced album, Swimming is marked by a more stripped-down sound than is found on their previous albums. Explaining the recording process, guitarist Josh Wise said that the band "used a lot of first and second takes and tried to preserve a sense of immediacy and discovery that comes from putting things down before you really have a chance to think too hard." [1] It was released on March 31, 2008, receiving overwhelmingly positive reviews.[2]

Track listing

  1. "Abandon" – 3:56
  2. "Over the World" – 4:26
  3. "Carried Away" – 3:29
  4. "New Man" – 4:38
  5. "Said So What" – 4:16
  6. "Atlanta" – 4:48
  7. "Love in the Ruins" – 3:38
  8. "With the Fishes" – 3:39
  9. "The Way You Arrive" – 4:19
  10. "All Our Weekends" – 4:03
  11. "Sex Tourists" – 3:29
  12. "This Could Go Wrong" – 3:42

References

  1. Vagrant Records (2008-04-01). "Swimming Release Details".
  2. "Reviews for Swimming by French Kicks". Retrieved October 29, 2015.


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