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Swim Deep

last updated 2026-09-11 11:26

Swim Deep

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Mud — played 2026-05-07, 2026-06-25

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Swim Deep — Mud

Played: 2026-05-07 (Segment 2) (TikTok); 2026-06-25 (Segment 3 — Indie run) (new release) (Daily Music Report)

2026-05-07 — Segment 2

Birmingham indie band formed in 2011, now on their fifth studio album Hum (due June 19, 2026, Submarine Cat Records). "Mud" is produced by Bill Ryder-Jones, who also helmed their 2024 record There's A Big Star Outside. The song emerged from no-pressure sessions at their label's studio — friends playing music with nothing to prove. Frontman Austin Williams on the chorus: "I immediately thought it was too good for it to be an original thought; it's like seeing a magic trick and being told it's actually magic." Placement: opens Segment 2 with warmth and forward motion — a band five records in, still sounding like they're discovering something. Hum out June 19 via Submarine Cat Records.

TikTok angle: Swim Deep, Birmingham, fifth album (Hum, out June, produced by Bill Ryder-Jones), made in their label's studio with no plan — just friends playing with nothing to prove. Frontman Austin Williams assumed the Mud chorus already existed as a song because it felt too good to be original; it didn't. Delivery: conversational, don't rush the chorus story, "Follow" lands as direct instruction.

2026-06-25 — Segment 3 — Indie run

From Hum (19 June 2026), made with returning producer Bill Ryder-Jones. A grungy, anthemic, baggy-beat track; frontman Austin Williams wrote it about the one constant in his life — his love for his wife. He's said the chorus arrived almost fully formed: "I immediately thought it was too good for it to be an original thought." A Daily Music Report pick.

Sources: Daily Music Report

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