Open Swimmer

Open Swimmer

Open Swimmer are a group from the United Kingdom. Their debut album, Canyon, centres on songs by Ben TD, whose writing includes the title track’s image of standing at “the edge of the canyon of all canyons” and asking whether the listener would “relax and let go”. The album combines ramshackle, junkyard beats with wistful nylon-stringed folk and sits near intellectual pop without fully aligning with it.

Nick Huggins, a Melbourne producer associated with Oscar + Martin, The Harpoons and Otouto, assembles the album’s layers of melody and found sounds. His patchwork-pop style frames Ben TD’s straightforward song-writing. The line-up also includes Bec Rigby of The Harpoons, Chris Bolton of Seagull, Aaron Silver of Frankolin, and Peter Emptage, who also plays with Sweets and Hello Satellites.