Swimmer
Surreal (Maverick)
by Jamie Kiffel
Curled up on the stale bagel crumb-stiff industrial dorm furniture in the back of a nicotine-sticky coffeehouse thick with ash and cold, wet grinds, high school kids conspire over cigarettes and makeout to the buzzing, minimalist vocals of Swimmer‘s Anday McCarron. With guitar string-buzzy vocals like a tongue out-of-focus, McCarron edges on ’80s hair metal, with falsetto, restrained ballast yells, an occasional ballad, and very simple, elemental guitars.
(9348 Civic Center Drive Beverly Hills, CA 90210)