Swim Camp

After releasing projects entitled Barlow Hill and Fishing in a Small Boat, Swim Camp’s TomMorris accumulated a reputation for measured, introspective alternative country that drew onbedroom recording traditions and the bucolic soundscapes of hisnative Pennsylvania. Now, onthe project’s forthcoming LP, Steel Country, Tom cranks up the distortion in a gentle nod toshoegaze that evokes senses of desolation and chaos that unfurl around him. Tom’s alwaysbeen fascinated by visual signs of desolation, observing the abandoned century structures in hisPhiladelphia neighborhood and dreaming up stories of what they must have been. It’s throughthis narrative practice of archiving that Tom explores figures outside of himself after dedicatingSwim Camp toautobiography and confession.