A Few Words from Swim Camp about Fishing in a Small Boat
Philadelphia, PA lo-fi folk project Swim Camp recently released their debut album Fishing in a Small Boat, a dreary and infectious full length that documents and emphasizes multiple years of growth from Tom Morris as a musician, songwriter, and individual through its evocative, introspective lyrics and shifting slowcore ebbs and flows.
The collection of thirteen new tracks sifts through intimate, fragile, dirty, and delicate songs that have garnered early comparison across the spectrum from LVL Up and Strange Ranger to Alex G and Phoebe Bridgers, while still firmly establishing Swim Camp’s own star among the endlessly expansive emotional indie rock galaxy.
Wormbrain World had the chance to ask Tom Morris to say a few words about the record, each of the songs on it, and the record label that helped them to share it with the world. Here is what he said:
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W.W: Fishing in a Small Boat
TM: This one means a lot to me.
W.W: 1. Backyard
TM: A song about someone dying and snow.
W.W: 2. Done
TM: This one is short.
W.W: 3. Thread
TM: Sad guy moves out of childhood home.
W.W: 4. Sit Down
TM: A Swim Camp song with a chorus.
W.W: 5. Race Track
TM: This is about a dog named Sam.
W.W: 6. Melt
TM: Mindfulness practice whereby one melts.
W.W: 7. Book Club
TM: Mark called us playing Witcher 'Book Club'
W.W: 8. RC Airplane
TM: I loved RC stuff as a kid.
W.W: 9. Skinned Knee
TM: Hydrogen peroxide on a cut hurts.
W.W: 10. Sift
TM: Swim Camp, more like shoegaze camp.
W.W: 11. Birch Tree
TM: I love birch trees. Great wood.
W.W: 12. A Different Kind of Sleep
TM: Rest in peace to my old cat.
W.W: 13. Water
TM: Guy seeks meaning in the wrong place.
W.W: Know Hope Records
TM: Good people trying their best.
W.W: What is Wormbrain?
TM: Wormbrain is what happens when we sleep.
W.W: Thank you for sharing with Wormbrain.
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Photo by Sharyl Cubero.
“I love birch trees. Great wood.”
Swim Camp’s Fishing in a Small Boat is available now everywhere through Philadelphia, PA label Know Hope Records.
