Indie punk trio GLOO have released their new single Swimming In Your Sea, taken from their forthcoming album How Not To Be Happy.
“Gloo’s aim has always been to help people escape, whilst at the same time evolving with each release we put out. This song for us does exactly that, but this time proudly showcasing our other inspirations with a slightly more laid-back cocktail whilst still giving you enough distortion to smash your glass when the chorus comes,” explains the band.
“The writing of ‘Swimming In Your Sea’ was one of them rare and insane times where the song was written from start to finish in about half an hour! I (Tom) was actually kind of drifting in and out of a film and fucking around on the guitar playing the main riff from ‘Serve the Servants’ by Nirvana when I changed it out of boredom and suddenly my ear perked up with this new modified version I had subconsciously been playing. As soon as I heard my new riff I was like I’ve gotta finish this and did!”
Commenting further on how the track came to be and the meaning behind it, they say: “The scene in the film I was half watching was a clear blue swimming pool somewhere hot and just looked so inviting that I wanted to jump right into the TV and start swimming in it and that’s where the song name and lyric came from. I was also going through a bit of turmoil at the time with a shit relationship and I really liked the idea that the song had a hidden dark theme where in a bitter sweet way, she (my-ex) was this perfectly blue crustal ocean you couldn’t resist, but deep down you know you’re so completely and utterly engulfed in it that you’re too deep to get out and could drown. In terms of live, Swimming in Your Sea has to be one of our most powerful and transformative songs aesthetically that we’ve ever made, especially in an uplifting way. When we first played this in the room together, it almost made the room turn blue and start dripping water. With a little help from my secret aquatic guitar pedal effect for good measure.”
GLOO’s forthcoming album How Not To Be Happy is set for release on 27th August 2021 via Hassle Records, it is available to pre-order HERE.
See GLOO live at one of the following dates:
August 2021
Fri 27th – LITTLEHAMPTON – Edge By The Sea (album release show)
September
Fri 3rd – SOUTHAMPTON – The Hobbit
Sat 4th – LONDON – Soma Festival
Wed 15th – GLASGOW – Bloc+
Thu 16th – NEWCASTLE – Little Buildings
Fri 17th – MIDDLESBOROUGH – Play Brew Taproom
Sat 18th – BIRMINGHAM – Sunflower Lounge
Tue 21st – WORTHING – The Factory Live
Mon 27th – HORSHAM – The Malt Shovel
Wed 29th – BRIGHTON – Green Door Store
Thu 30th – NEWQUAY – Whiskers
October 2021
Fri 1st – TORQUAY – Apple and Parrot
Thu 7th – LIVERPOOL – The Jacaranda
Fri 8th – MANCHESTER – Satan’s Hollow
Sat 9th – BRISTOL – The Lanes
Tickets are on sale HERE.
