With their boyband good looks and a line in vaguely baggy, blissed-out, summery indie, it's easy to see why big things have been predicted for young Birmingham four-piece Swim Deep. And certainly their debut opens impressively, with Francisco's appealingly carefree vibe followed by last year's nicely judged single King City, wherein they added a seductive pop chorus to the xx's sense of space. Sadly, that's as good as it gets; too much of the rest of their material sounds like utterly unremarkable filler, most notably Soul Trippin', a song so terminally middling it makes Scouting for Girls sound like swashbuckling visionaries.
Swim Deep: Where the Heaven Are We – review
Birmingham indie band Swim Deep have the sound for summer but their songs leave Phil Mongredien cold