Stream Swim Mountain's self-titled debut EP and read their Track-by-Track guide

The EP is self-recorded but the band enlisted multi-instrumentalist Skyrme for production, honing the record's six tracks in both Los Angeles and London. Featuring "Dream It Real" and one of our former Song Of The Days, "Yesterday", Swim Mountain is a slick slice of psych, prog and sunshine pop that sounds frighteningly assured from a band this early into their career.

Have a read of the thorough Track-by-Track that the band have kindly provided, and then listen to the EP below.

"Ticket"

"This was actually the last track recorded. It was very late at night and I just layered up guitars and vocals. I wasn't planning to use it on the EP as it's more of a vibe than a song but it had a nice positive uplift that really summarised and introduced the rest of the EP."

"Yesterday"

"I bought this new guitar pedal in Vancouver, and when I got back to L.A. went out onto the balcony with headphones, plugged into it and wrote the riff in a few minutes. Went back inside and wrote the vocals. The whole track was done in about half an hour, then I spent a long time re-recording and getting the sounds right. The ending was done back in London. I recorded my mate clapping in a tunnel above Embankment tube station and some of the newspaper guys there, along with a slight homage to Brian Wilson including my own fruit version of 'vegetables' where I ate an apple through a delay pedal."

"Ornella"

"I had just got out of a fairly long relationship and was flying out to LA and sat next to an Italian girl called Ornella who I started talking to because I spilled my red wine on her chair. She was awesome and I was pleased to not be left to mull over boring relationship stuff in my head, it was the "plenty more fish" moment. It's song is about escapism, I guess, disappearing into your own imagination. About how being a dreamer is important but being honest about your feelings and who you are. That sounds really hippie but that's what I had that in mind when I wrote it. I actually wrote the chords when I was very drunk, woke up and listened back and it surprisingly sounded good to me, so I finished it."

"Dream It Real"

"This started as an electronic track way before the rest, I liked the chords and melody but the sound wasn't doing it for me so I re-recorded it several times until I got it right. It's a bit of a sarcastic dig at people that think highly of themselves. I went to an art uni and a lot of people really disappear up their own arse there and totally miss the point of focusing on doing something interesting and original. This is for you guys."

"Everyday"

"Another track emphasising my love of chromaticism. I was reading The Grapes of Wrath at the time so there's a few lyrical nods to that. Lyrically it's about the turmoil of going through breakups. One minute you're waiting to get back together the next you think you're some kind of Marlon Brando kissing lots of girls in The Social Club in Paris. That's not a euphemism."

"Nothing Is Quite As It Seems"

"This originally had a Saved By The Bell sample on it but for legal reasons I decided to ditch it... it didn't make sense, it was just funny. The lyrics are pretty self explanatory. This track has a lot of sections. One chord progression would inspire another so I just let it happen, which my live band hate me for because we all sweat it out on stage."

You can catch the band Monday 29 September at The Waiting Room, London, or at The Lexington with Fools Gold on 1 October.

Swim Mountain is released via Hey Moon on 29 September. Stream it exclusively below: