Swim Deep-King City

Before a swarm of bloggers hit me with a screech of  "this song has been out for ages", let me just explain. Since the release of their debut album Where the Heaven Are We, Swim Deep has decided to re-release their first single King City, probably due to the fact that in the past 6 months, the Birmingham band have started grabbing headlines and turning heads. Anyway, King City is a dreamy track with hints of britpop and a brilliant use of instruments - the drums are simple but are very important to the song and who can forget them keyboard synths? Adding a nice finishing touch to the chorus. Austin Williams groans through the first verse "I wanna be everything that I'm not/I wanna be rich, I wanna show off" showing his passion to be someone else and be successful. And with these words and this song, Williams might get one step closer to being rich and successful as his band of misfits grow better everyday.

Rating: 9/10

How do you compare Swim Deep with other Brummy bands? Has anyone heard their new album? What do you make of it? Have your say by commenting below.

Listen to "Swim Deep-King City" here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_dIYr1qI7I

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