Younghusband - SwimmersYounghusband have surfaced with new album, Swimmers, due 7th June on Opposite Number. Their first new music since 2015s Dissolver, Swimmers is awash with glowing guitar melodies, breezy pop moments and restrained yet potent songcraft. It looks to themes of open space and reflection, partly inspired by band's move to their own studio in Greenwich, built by singer and songwriter Euan Hinshelwood in an old barn. With members of Younghusband having also

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