Deb Nevers Swimming is brutally direct. Treat me like you give a fuck about me now / If I ever let up, willyouhold it down, Never sings to open the song. Her only companion is a lone, somber guitar riff. Then, as if to slightly puncture the melodramatic air, frenetic drums courtesy of Dylan Bradys (member of the fantastic 100 gecs) suddenly arrive to add a semblance of chaos to the dourness.
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Swimming is built on a sense of propulsion underscored by immediate breaks. Drums drop out as quickly as they appear. Small glitches and ghastly, reverbed ad-libs float in and out. The only constant for the two-minute song is Nevers raw voice and the simple, affecting riff, both asking all of the hard questions and providing none of the answers.
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Swimming was the last song that I made on this EP, Deb told Rolling Stone. Her first project,House on Wheels, was released today via WEDIDIT. After all these songs got made I obviously kind of paved a way, kind of had a better idea of exactly how to go about making these type of songs. So I made the riff. I wrote the song by myself with the guitar riff and then I brought it to Dylan [Brady] like Yo, this idea, lets make this. So I played the riff for him and then he added the drums, did his magic.
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Dylans a wizard, Never continued. Hes so easy to work with and hes so fast. Hes really efficient. Youll tell him an idea and he somehow just gets it immediately. I dont know if thats like for everyone, but I just find that with him its like a really good synergy there.
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