Swimming Pool - Line Cuts (Fog & Co)

Swimming Pool are known as Klyl Shifroni and Seraina Fässler to their family. They're also a talented young duo based between The Hague and Zürich who met during their Sonology studies, and whilst their peers were off to check out Harry Styles, they geeked out and hit it off over music, a keen interest in coding languages, digital synthesis and electronically assisted genre fluidity, which they've translated into some thoughtful, seriously crafted alternative music. I like them.

The EP starts delicately enough with some unplugged bass picking setting a sweet scene before some stringed bowing sweeps in with some electronic assistance at regular intervals to add some undulating drama to the arrangement which the girls effortless ride to deliver their gently delivered tale. "Sunday" stretches out with an edgy bowed loop that rudely pierces the silence and juxtaposes nicely with a warm, insistent bass, well crafted ambient haziness and those gently drifting angelic vocals again - if they ever go punk I'll be surprised.

After the low gravity start the drums amble through the studio door - late as ever, to anchor, "Wednesday Kinda Weekend". The languid rhythm, drowsy vocals, reverberating electronic distortion and heavily stoned guitar slumped on the sofa with a pizza box and the remote control, echoing the song title rather than hitting the town. Finally bored of binge watching TV the girls dust off the bow and set off on an uneasy waltz, serenaded by more wayward bowing, pleasing distortion and some defiantly swaying lyrics - perhaps they might go punk one day after all? To round things off the duo spend a while tuning up and contemplating their exit before their spectral vocals float out of the studio on clouds of guitar tickled ambient pop, hopefully to be soon again soon.

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