Swimming is the fourth and final studio album by New York-based indie rock band French Kicks. Their first self-produced album, Swimming is marked by a more stripped-down sound than is found on their previous albums. Explaining the recording process, guitarist Josh Wise said that the band "used a lot of first and second takes and tried to preserve a sense of immediacy and discovery that comes from putting things down before you really have a chance to think too hard."[1] It was released on March 31, 2008, receiving overwhelmingly positive reviews.[2]

Swimming
Studio album by French Kicks
Released	March 31, 2008
Recorded	December 2007 at The Saltlands, Brooklyn, NY by Alex Pasco
Genre	Indie rock, post-punk revival
Length	44:02
Label	Vagrant Records
Producer	French Kicks
French Kicks chronology
Two Thousand (2006) Swimming (2008)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Billboard	Favorable link
The Daily Mississippian	Favorable link
IGN	Favorable link
Nylon	Favorable link
Pitchfork Media	7.6/10 link
PopMatters	link
Spin	link
The Village Voice	Favorable link
The Washington Post	Favorable link

Track listing

1. "Abandon" – 3:56
2. "Over the World" – 4:26
3. "Carried Away" – 3:29
4. "New Man" – 4:38
5. "Said So What" – 4:16
6. "Atlanta" – 4:48
7. "Love in the Ruins" – 3:38
8. "With the Fishes" – 3:39
9. "The Way You Arrive" – 4:19
10. "All Our Weekends" – 4:03
11. "Sex Tourists" – 3:29
12. "This Could Go Wrong" – 3:42

References

External links

• French Kicks official website

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