Swim Deep Return with "To Feel Good," Announce New Album

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Dream-pop darlings Swim Deep have made their triumphant return with “To Feel Good,” the opening track from the band’s forthcoming album, Emerald Classics.

The song is its own warped rendition of Rozalla’s “Everybody’s Free (To Feel Good),” squished through a chamber of bright keyboards and trumpets, and fed through a church choir (Margate’s Social Singing Choir, to be specific).

Vocalist Austin Williams told Wonderland Mag that the song follows a mundane day in the life of his 18-year-old self as he realizes what he wants to do, but doesn’t know how to get there. He tells a job center employee he’s trying to make his way with music and the employee tells him to not forget him when he’s famous.

And music, that wonderful, euphoric thing—“it’s the only reason that I wake up (to feel good) / It’s the only reason that I care,” Williams repeats.

A dark, but richly shot music video accompanies the single, featuring Williams getting the living shit beaten out of him in a ring of misfits and fellow bandmates.

Since releasing 2015’s Mothers and going on a four-year hiatus to regroup, Swim Deep have undergone some significant changes, notably switching to the new label imprint Pop Committee via Cooking Vinyl and retooling their lineup. Swim Deep mainstays Williams, Cavan McCarthy and James Balmont are now joined by drummer Tomas Tomaski (Childhood) and guitarist Robbie Wood.

Swim Deep Return with “To Feel Good,” Announce New Album