Water Colours is the debut studio album by the American electronica band, Swimming With Dolphins. It was released on May 13, 2011 on iTunes[8] and in physical CD format on May 17, 2011.[9] On May 25, 2011, the band released a trailer for the album's release on YouTube.[10]

Water Colours
Studio album by Swimming With Dolphins
Released	May 13, 2011
Genre	Electronica, synthpop, indietronica
Length	38:05
Label	Tooth & Nail
Producer	Aaron Sprinkle, Zack Odom, Kenneth Mount
Swimming With Dolphins chronology
Ambient Blue (2008) Water Colours (2011)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
New Release Tuesday	[2]
Jesus Freak Hideout	[3]
Alternative Press	[4]
Cross Rhythms	[5]
Louder Than Music	[6]
Review Rinse Repeat	[7]

Reception

The album received overall positive reviews from multiple professional music sites, all agreeing that the album was catchy and full of "vibrant, sugary synthpop" along with "thoughtful lyrics". However, New Release Tuesday and Jesus Freak Hideout both pointed out a low point of the album being Tofte's one use of "hell" as a profanity in the song "Diplomat".[2][3]

Track listing

Personnel

Swimming With Dolphins

• Austin Tofte - lead vocals, keyboards, piano, drums, synthesizers, programming, engineer, audio mixer

Additional musicians and production

• Sarah Beintker - additional vocals on track 1 & 3
• Sunsun - additional vocals on track 9
• Mod Sun (Derek Smith, formerly of Four Letter Lie) - additional vocals on track 10
• Bobby Parker - horn instruments on track 8
• Brandon Ebel - executive producer
• Aaron Sprinkle - producer on track 1, 3, 7 & 8
• Zack Odom - co-producer on track 2, 4, 5, 6, 9 & 10
• Kenneth Mount - co-producer on track 2, 4, 5, 6, 9 & 10
• Troy Glessner - mastering
• Micah Dean Johnson - A&R production
• Will Stevenson - management
• Andrew Smith - photography

Chart performance

Music videos

• Sleep To Dream on YouTube

Lyric videos

• Sleep To Dream on YouTube
• Good Times (featuring Mod Sun) on YouTube

Notes

• "Sleep To Dream" was the first and only single off the release. It was made available a few weeks in advance of the album's debut.[13]
• "Sleep To Dream" was added as a track to two of Tooth & Nail's 2011 compilation releases: Tooth & Nail Records Summer Sampler 2011[14] and A Very Tooth & Nail Christmas Sampler.[15]
• The song "Jacques Cousteau" is based on the oceanographer of the same name. According to Tofte, the band's name was inspired by the 1980s documentaries that Cousteau filmed and starred in.[16]

References