The best way to protect against an emotional vulnerability is through a protective wall of sound, and Night Swimming are here to apply a sonic coating to the sensitivities that exist below our most tender and susceptible spaces. The rising UK group this week unveiled “Nothing Safe Is Technicolour,” an expansive slow-burn, dream-pop journey that haunts in its reflective hypnotism, where trip-hop rhythms and shoegaze heaviness whisper in tandem through both sides of our headspace.
It’s the latest single and opening track to Night Swimming’s cinematic second EP, Melting, Sometimes Bleeding, out May 22 via Venn Records. The record was produced by longtime collaborator Peter Miles (Orla Gartland, Nina Nesbitt) and mastered by Slowdive’s Simon Scott.
“‘Nothing Safe Is Technicolour’ is about opening yourself up again to love and also the possibility of being hurt,” says vocalist and lyricist Meg Jones. “It is about meeting a person who sparks something in you, and makes you feel alive in a way you haven’t done for a long time. It is laced with unease at the idea of being rejected once the initial glow fades and less desirable parts of yourself are revealed. The song is a commitment to showing up as your full self, and expresses anxiety at the thought of losing yourself in an effort to meet another person’s needs or ideals.”
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