LOWSWIMMER releases new album ‘Godspeed, Fantasy’

LOWSWIMMER releases new album ‘Godspeed, Fantasy’

Official music video for ‘Sleeper (Hit)’ is out now

Photo by Sandra Ebert

Bristol based singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Lowswimmer, has today released his highly anticipated new album, ‘Godspeed, Fantasy’.

After years of acclaimed collaborations with Novo Amor, Lissom, Hailaker and Tolari, Ed Tullett returns as Lowswimmer with ‘Godspeed, Fantasy’ – his most personal work yet. Written largely in isolation, the album trades collective voices for a singular vision, delivering a euphoric, melodically rich journey through Tullett’s own creative world.

Speaking of the album, Lowswimmer says, “Godspeed, Fantasy was written 2 years ago, during a period of great change in my life. It was hugely cathartic at the time, subconsciously writing about allowing yourself to be who you are, whilst pushing yourself to change in the ways you, and only you, want to. Releasing it now is just as cathartic, a marked change in Lowswimmer stylistically, and the most ambitious record I’ve ever released across all 5 of my projects. I wanted the record to be bursting at the seems with melody, and be full of addictive vocal and synth parts, leaving much of the lyrical content open to interpretation for the audience to project themselves into what I feeling at the time. I couldn’t be more excited for people to hear it.”

LOWSWIMMER – ‘Sleeper (Hit)’ (Official Music Video)

Featuring eleven new tracks, all of which were predominantly written in Ableton, Godspeed, Fantasy is brought to life through digital tricks and experimental synths. Occasionally reaching outside of those walls, Ed asked just a handful of friends to add dashes of strings, saxophone, trombone, trumpet and drums, organic instruments that allow a small crack of light in, illuminating the ground between the acoustic and the electronic.

The result is an album that feels invigorating in its wide-eyed optimism, like a purging of shackles that weren’t obviously suffocating until the freedom from such a thing was noticed in the quiet aftermath. In its diverse array of sounds and sentiments, in its quietly intense display of unlocking, Godspeed, Fantasy is a unique and towering artistic expression brought beautifully to life. It’s a sentimental deep-dive, but also an open canvas where listeners can add their own splashes of colour, find their own path that leads from the intangible to embracing a place of heartening acceptance.

‘Godspeed, Fantasy’ Tracklisting

1. Off Centre

2. Pleasures

3. Sleeper (Hit)

4. IRL

5. Godspeed

6. Easydoes

7. Open Season

8. Oh, Completely

9. I’m Spirals

10. Nosebleeds

11. Sojourn

Stream ‘Godspeed, Fantasy’:
Lowswimmer Online

LOWSWIMMER – ‘IRL’ (Official Music Video)