Swimming Girls have split up
Bristol's Swimming Girls have decided to call it a day.
The band have announced their split after four years together.
They released their debut EP, Existential Fears, in June, and just wrapped up a UK tour earlier this month with VISTAS.
Revealing the news on Twitter yesterday (20 November), Swimming Girls wrote, "After four amazing years of working together as a band we have decided to split to follow new creative ideas. You have been the best fans we could have asked for, THANK YOU for your support!"
*update* After 4 amazing years of working together as a band we have decided to split to follow new creative ideas.
— Swimming Girls (@swimminggirlsuk) November 20, 2019
You have been the best fans we could have asked for, THANK YOU for your support!
We are all Swimming Girls forever pic.twitter.com/umsJ1P5380
In a separate tweet, the band added, "We’ve been lucky enough to play all over the UK at venues and festivals we had dreamt of when we started out and to work with some amazing people on the way."
We’ve been lucky enough to play all over the UK at venues and festivals we had dreamt of when we started out and to work with some amazing people on the way
— Swimming Girls (@swimminggirlsuk) November 20, 2019
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