Night Swimming have shared new single “Five-Year Plan,” a track off their forthcoming EP No Place To Land, available digitally and on 12″ vinyl on September 27th. The album was produced by Peter Miles (Orla Gartland, FIZZ, TORRES). The band headed to the south west for Middle Farm Studios in Devon in 2023 to make the EP.

Over the past couple of years, the band opened the SWX Stage at Dot To Dot Festival ahead of Picture Parlour, Mary in the Junkyard, Hovvdy and Wunderhorse, following notable dates supporting Coach Party, L’Objectif, The Orielles, The Blinders, Sad Night Dynamite, Automotion, Home Counties, amongst others.

Speaking more on the inspiration behind new single “Five-Year Plan”, vocalist Meg Jones said:

“Five-Year Plan is about the feeling of being dropped suddenly, without much explanation, by someone you were really close to. The words were written quickly and without a lot of conscious thought, compared with our other songs. I think this captured the honesty of the difficult emotions I was experiencing at the time.

We recorded the songs this way to give them their own energy and movement akin to our live shows. There were minimal overdubs on “Five-Year Plan”, however we did experiment with layers such as double tracked vocals/harmonies, a synth bass and even some acoustic guitar to thicken the mix. In terms of the writing process, the track was started by Jesse bringing an arpeggio melody to rehearsal that he’d be working on, and it was fleshed out by the rest of the band to create the wall of sound that is heard in the recording. A few of us were coincidentally experiencing similar life events at the same time, in the middle of winter, which definitely impacted the writing process. The song switches metre from 7/8 to 4/4 which we felt provided a cathartic release to end the song.”

Lyricist and vocalist, Meg Jones writes in semi-veiled autobiography, drawing on her own experiences, and the experiences of those close to her. In her teens, the lyricism of folk artists such as Joni Mitchell, Laura Marling and Ben Howard resonated with her, for their introspectiveness and sensitivity to detail. More recently, she has found inspiration in writers such as Daughter’s Elena Tonra, Robert Smith, and Lana Del Rey.

Night Swimming
No Place To Land
Tracklisting

1. Evergreen
2. Let That Be Enough
3. Mirror
4. Warmer
5. Five-Year Plan

Night Swimming 2024 Tour Dates

27 September, Rough Trade West – London (In-store)
28 September, Rough Trade – Bristol (Headline)
30 September, The Bodega – Nottingham (Headline)
14 October, The Lexington – London (supporting TWEN)
24 October, Supersonic – Paris (They’re Gonna Be Big Festival)

Pre-order No Place To Land HERE