Swimmer is easy to listen to and enjoy, but the ease ends there.
The songs are reliably sunny and up-tempo like the best of Tennis singles of the past, but there is a perfect amount of weight here that keeps their brand of airy pop from floating away.
Tennis' Swimmer is a distillation of everything they do so well, and it further establishes them as a dynamic, sophisticated pop act worthy of even bigger stages.
Thanks to the life the duo breathed into the album with their dedication and passion, Swimmer should keep fans on their toes for sure.
There is something both healing and deeply relaxing in this clear-eyed music of light.
Throughout Swimmer, Moore and Riley’s love is treated like an inevitability, as natural and overwhelming as a rip tide.
Parts of Swimmer may have been born of adversity, but Riley and Moore come up shining in the end.
Their latest album, Swimmer, confirms that it's business as usual for the outfit, though perhaps Tennis has become a touch more reflective and mature.
With Swimmer, they do little to reinvent any of their own wheels, but their way of presenting incremental progress and definition from one album to the next is deeply satisfying.
The duo continue their drift from lo-fi throwbacks to crisp modern pop, while maintaining the preoccupation with marital love that has animated their records since the beginning.
‘swimmer’ thrives profoundly, as tennis form inclusive and welcoming music - timeless art - all while putting together this absolute classic. ‘swimmer’, as a project, delivers in detailed sense that many works merely promise; this album peacefully presents its own comforting style: rather than attempting to evoke (specific emotions from listeners), ‘swimmer’ instead offers. it offers the real, truthful feelings of creators alaina moore and patrick riley. ... read more
Welp, Happy Valentines Day Everybody!
Looking for a good Valentines Day record for your night? Tennis is the right choice and chances are they dropped it today on purpose (they've quite literally done it before). This baby is a lush, smooth record. It's nostalgic as a midnight drive with friends. Sneaking outside with your friends to sneak a puff of a cigarette. It's romantic. Swimmer is a late night dip in the pool. A silent smile to yourself when you're in the moment. It's nighttime. ... read more
Album Name: Swimmer
Album Artist: Tennis
Favourite Song: Need Your Love
Least Favourite Song: How to Forgive
Enjoyment Rating: 8.5/10
Album Rating: 8.1/10
Day 210/365 of my "Album a day challenge"
1 | I'll Haunt You 2:32 | 79 |
2 | Need Your Love 3:51 | 86 |
3 | How to Forgive 3:36 | 82 |
4 | Runner 3:36 | 89 |
5 | Echoes 3:24 | 74 |
6 | Swimmer 4:10 | 79 |
7 | Tender as a Tomb 2:42 | 73 |
8 | Late Night 3:34 | 79 |
9 | Matrimony II 3:47 | 77 |
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#27 | / | Gothamist |