Swimming (French Kicks album)

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Swimming
French Kicks – Swimming.jpg
Studio album by
French Kicks
ReleasedMarch 31, 2008
RecordedDecember 2007 at The Saltlands, Brooklyn, NY by
GenreIndie Rock
Post-punk revival
Length44:02
LabelVagrant Records
ProducerFrench Kicks
French Kicks chronology
Two Thousand
(2006) 		Swimming
(2008)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic3/5 stars link
BillboardFavorable link
The Daily MississippianFavorable link
IGNFavorable link
NylonFavorable link
Pitchfork Media7.6/10 link
PopMatters5/10 stars link
Spin3.5/5 stars link
The Village VoiceFavorable link
The Washington PostFavorable link

Swimming is the fourth full-length album by New York-based indie rock band French Kicks. Their first self-produced album, Swimming is marked by a more stripped-down sound than is found on their previous albums. Explaining the recording process, guitarist Josh Wise said that the band "used a lot of first and second takes and tried to preserve a sense of immediacy and discovery that comes from putting things down before you really have a chance to think too hard."[1] It was released on March 31, 2008, receiving overwhelmingly positive reviews.[2]

Track listing[]

  1. "Abandon" – 3:56
  2. "Over the World" – 4:26
  3. "Carried Away" – 3:29
  4. "New Man" – 4:38
  5. "Said So What" – 4:16
  6. "Atlanta" – 4:48
  7. "Love in the Ruins" – 3:38
  8. "With the Fishes" – 3:39
  9. "The Way You Arrive" – 4:19
  10. "All Our Weekends" – 4:03
  11. "Sex Tourists" – 3:29
  12. "This Could Go Wrong" – 3:42

References[]

  1. ^ Vagrant Records (2008-04-01). "Swimming Release Details".
  2. ^ "Reviews for Swimming by French Kicks". Retrieved October 29, 2015.

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