Photo: Josh Sabini
Swapmeet unveil new single and video ‘2 C U’. Hot off a sold out Sydney headline and triple j playlist addition, the group continue garnering anticipation for their debut album Mount Zero, set to arrive on JULY 17 via Winspear. LISTEN + WATCH ‘2 C U’ HERE + PRE-SAVE LP HERE + PRE-ORDER VINLY HERE.
A reflection of their forthcoming album’s themes of first loves, first heartbreaks, first embarrassments, first disasters, Swapmeet’s ‘2 C U’ harnesses the blistering mania of infatuation. They explain, “2 C U captures the excitement of wanting to see someone, the mindless things you think or do in anticipation, and how the nerves that follow cannot be controlled.” With infectious see-saw instrumentation and vocals fronted by Maxwell Elphick and Venus O’Broin, they acutely straddle impulse and desperation with the group’s mischievous nature.
WATCH: ‘2 C U’ (Official Video)
Mingling airy sweetness with jagged surrealism, Mount Zero transmutes so many of the regrets and uncertainties of young adulthood into a burgeoning, newfound confidence. Bottling the tooth-gritting intensity of feeling yourself change at the cellular level under reality’s unyielding pressures, it’s a tribute to all the lives that can never be lived, all the paths that will never be followed – and an ode to the one that lies just ahead, too.
Swapmeet set the year ablaze with their Winspear label signing and have not let up since. triple j playlisted single ‘I Know!’ would dominate across radio with over 100 spins in its debut week and the recent ‘Sand’ continues heaving across DPS’s. Marking the announcement of their debut album, the song claimed covers on Spotify’s Today’s Indie Rock and Indie Arrivals with over forty editorial playlist additions across platforms on release.
With each step Swapmeet’s legion of fans continue to snowball, shaping the imminent Mount Zero for one of the most anticipated releases of the year. Affirmed already by NME, Northern Transmissions, Stereogum, BrooklynVegan, Consequence, Dork, DIY, Paste, The Line Of Best Fit, So Young, BBC Radio 6, Apple Music, triple j, fbi.radio, 2SER, SiriusXMU to Rolling Stone, who shared, “These four friends from Australia were one of the buzziest international acts at this year’s SXSW, and they’re about to release an excellent debut album.”
SWAPMEET
Mount Zero LP
JULY 17 via Winspear
PRE-SAVE HERE + PRE-ORDER VINYL HERE
‘2 C U‘ is out now, buy/stream it here.
TRACKLIST
I Know!
Mount Zero
Bonny
Halfway
2 C U
Seeds
Sand
Personal (Don’t Take It)
My Heart Breaks II
TOUR DATES
Thu 11 Jun – Phoenix Central Park – Eora / Sydney
Sat 20 Jun – Against The Grain Festival – Magadjin / Brisbane
Tickets available at swapmeetband.com
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