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
- Motion City Soundtrack announce first album in a decade, The Same Old Wasted Wonderful World
- Winter joins forces with Horse Jumper of Love on new single, "Misery"
- Watch Speedy Wunderground-signed experimentalists O. live in session
- Bicep collaborate with indigenous artists on new project, TAKKUUK
- Noah Cyrus details second album, I WANT MY LOVED ONES TO GO WITH ME
- Just Mustard return with first release in three years, "POLLYANNA"
- Glass Animals unveil "Take A Slice" visualiser
Get the Best Fit take on the week in music direct to your inbox every Friday
Patrick Wolf
Crying The Neck
