Olympic |Swimmers|

We’re delighted to have Glasgow’s/Eaglesham’s...

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 17:51:00 +0100

We’re delighted to have Glasgow’s/Eaglesham’s legendary Linn Records distributing our music on their online store. For all you audiophiles, Linn now have the full 24bit studio master of No Flags Will Fly, as we industriously try and write it’s follow up.

It is available here- http://www.linnrecords.com/recording-no-flags-will-fly.aspx

On Friday the 1st of February we did an instore in Avalanche...

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 09:57:58 +0000

On Friday the 1st of February we did an instore in Avalanche Records in Edinburgh with Admiral Fallow to try and help a valuable, wonderful record store that had landed itself upon tough times. Members of each band had a go at playing each others songs, and for one night there was a wee glimpse of the sort of social hub that record shops used to be, with a real sense of community and sharing of musical opinions and tastes. It’s no longer open for debate that the days of this being the norm (or even the best, most efficient way of doing things) are past us, but hey, lets cling on to what wee gems there are left.

Here is a video of Admiral Swimmers/Olympic Fallow covering Love Song by The Cure. Thanks to Kev at Avalanche and Red Dog for providing the PA.

Here’s a wee link where you can listen to tunes taken from...

Mon, 31 Dec 2012 16:02:03 +0000

Here’s a wee link where you can listen to tunes taken from our live session on the Vic Galloway Show broadcast on the 17th of December 2012.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01p8t0c/clips

The Herald- Alan Morrison's Scottish Albums of the year.

Sun, 30 Dec 2012 12:41:14 +0000

http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/2012-review-top-50-albums-of-the-year.19792840

No Flags Will Fly is number 17, with a thoroughly deserved top 3 of Karine Polwart, Lau and Admiral Fallow. It’s also especially sweet to see Holy Mountain, Miaoux Miaoux and The Unwinding Hours on the list, as they have all contributed musically to Olympic Swimmers in the past year, either through playing guitar/bass for us, remixing our songs or recording our album. If you haven’t checked out their own music yet, I implore you to do so immediately.

December Tour with Admiral Fallow

Wed, 17 Oct 2012 17:41:42 +0100

We are delighted to announce that we will be supporting Admiral Fallow on their forthcoming UK tour. Please come down early and say hello if we’re playing near you on any of these dates.

Monday 3rd December- The Deaf Institute, Manchester.

Tuesday 4th December- The Kazimier, Liverpool.

Wednesday 5th December- Thekla, Bristol.

Thursday 6th December- Bodega Social Club, Nottingham.

Friday 7th December- The Duchess, York.

Saturday 8th December- Barrowlands, Glasgow.

Monday 10th December- HMV Institute, Birmingham.

Tuesday 11th December- The Jericho Tavern, Oxford.

Wednesday 12th December- Scala, London.

Thursday 13th December- The Green Door Store, Brighton.

Friday 14th December- The Cluny, Newcastle.

Video for ‘Knots’ Starring Ava Scott Directed by...

Mon, 15 Oct 2012 19:52:23 +0100

Video for ‘Knots’

Starring Ava Scott

Directed by Brendan Smith

Edited by Fraser Denholm

https://twitter.com/entrprisescreen

The Guardian band of the...

Thu, 20 Sep 2012 12:20:36 +0100

The Guardian band of the day!

http://m.guardian.co.uk/ms/p/gnm/op/view.m?id=15&cat=music&gid=%2Fmusic%2F2012%2Fsep%2F19%2Fnew-band-olympic-swimmers&type=article

You can download Knots and the Miaoux Miaoux remix of Where It...

Wed, 19 Sep 2012 00:23:00 +0100

You can download Knots and the Miaoux Miaoux remix of Where It Snows for free by clicking on this very picture.

'Knots' single release and other news

Sat, 15 Sep 2012 04:52:00 +0100

‘Knots’ and it’s B-side the remixed version of Where It Snows (thanks to Miaoux Miaoux) will be available for free download from Monday 17th Sept until 8th October and thereafter on cassette tape via our bandcamp (www.olympicswimmers.bandcamp.com)

Knots will be featured on Charlie Ashcroft’s Amazing Radio show on Monday at 1pm and afterwards can be voted for to go on the playlist. It’s very unlike us to make such an X-factor-ish request but if you would like to vote for us please follow this link after 1pm on Monday (http://amazingradio.co.uk/audition)

We will be playing with Frightened Rabbit in Dumfries on 24th September at The Venue.

We will be doing a wee acoustic gig on Oct 10th in the Griffin in Glasgow at a charity gig in support of Scottish Association for Mental Health (SAMH)

We have been writing and recording demos in the last month or two working toward our next album which we hope we’ll be able to start recording as soon as we can next year

We are sorting out some gigs for November and December at the moment so we hope to be able to play a few different places then and will keep you posted.

Lastly but certainly not least thank you to all those who have supported us or written nice things about us/the album in the last few months and most importantly to those who have spent their hard earned cash on the album or merch. We realise it’s a difficult time for many people and we appreciate that in a time where music is freely available (or rather stolen) on the internet the commitment that those people show toward supporting musicians is invaluable. The only way we’ll be able to make another album is if we can support it financially, and the only way we can do that is if people buy what we make. THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT

xx Susie xx

Summer Happenings

Fri, 03 Aug 2012 23:34:13 +0100

Hello all,

Apologies about the sparse updates of late, but ‘Summer’ has been good to us thus far.

To ease your pain, here is photo of us basking in the Scottish sunshine.

Allow me to catalogue what has happened in the long months since we last informed you of our movements. Admiral Fallow were kind enough to have us support in London back in May, and we had a great time at GoNorth just after the Album came out. Oran Mor’s West End Festival Closing Party and Wickerman saw us using the not inconsiderable talents of Alex McNutt on drums, as Jonny has been busy playing with The Kills as part of their Black Rooster Drum Corp, but like the prodigal son Jonny has returned and we supported the Unwinding Hours at King Tut’s last Monday night, and we play the Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival tomorrow, Saturday the 4^th of August. Following that we have Doune The Rabbit Hole on the 24^th of August, when we will be welcoming Andy ‘tone’ McGlone from Holy Mountain on bass, as I’m away with Karine Polwart. Further gig announcements are not far away for some autumnal adventures with familiar faces.

We’re really happy with all the nice things people have said about our album, thanks to all those who have bought it so far, you’re helping us toward making another! A special thanks must go to Monorail, Love Music, Avalanche, HMV Stirling and One-Up for stocking the physical copies, and being so damn nice about it.

Knots is going to be released as a single in September, complete with a Miaoux Miaoux remix of Where It Snows. More details to follow.

Finally, never ones to stand around, we’re starting to write some new material for another album next week, going up north to live in a studio for a few days. If it goes well, we should be able to play some new songs live in the not too distant future.

Thanks for your patience, and for reading this bumbling update. I’ll try and make them more frequent and shorter. Or is that what Twitter is for?

Graeme

No Flags Will Fly - 4th June Buy/Order

Sun, 03 Jun 2012 15:37:14 +0100

No Flags Will Fly - 4th June

Buy/Order

Come!

Wed, 30 May 2012 23:42:27 +0100

Come!

Summer Gigs

Tue, 01 May 2012 11:00:48 +0100

We have a few shows over the coming months and hope that some of you can come along. Click below to see where they are.

May 28th- Cargo, London- supporting Admiral Fallow
Jun 1st- Art School, Glasgow- Spaced in the City Music Project
Jun 7th- GoNorth, Inverness
Jun 24th- West End Festival Closing Party, Oran Mor, Glasgow. with We Were Promised Jetpacks, Remember Remember, Miaoux Miaoux, Monoganon
Aidan Moffat & Bill Wells, Withered Hand, RM Hubbert, John Knox Sex Club, and Gav Prentice (Over the Wall)
August 25th- Fat Out Fest, Manchester.
August 26th- Doune The Rabbit Hole, Doune.

Listen to a track from our album here...

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 00:21:00 +0100

Listen to a track from our album here...:

Listen again to Ally McCrae’s show on Radio 1 to hear ‘Knots’ (available until 8th April)

I’m finished!

Tue, 13 Mar 2012 12:53:55 +0000

I’m finished!

We’re playing another show with Happy Particles and North American War at the 13th Note on...

Sun, 11 Mar 2012 11:57:28 +0000

We’re playing another show with Happy Particles and North American War at the 13th Note on the 31st of March. This is their first live show since releasing their stunning album Under Sleeping Waves, which you should buy here if you haven’t already done so.

http://happyparticles.bandcamp.com/

We are supporting Frightened Rabbit at Stereo on Saturday the 21st of January. To say we are...

Sat, 14 Jan 2012 12:57:53 +0000

We are supporting Frightened Rabbit at Stereo on Saturday the 21st of January. To say we are excited doesn’t even come close. Tickets go on sale on Monday morning from here.

http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/user/?region=gb_scotland&query=detail&event=487819

Photo

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 16:53:12 +0000

Merry Christmas from Olympic Swimmers. In a fit of startling...

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:47:00 +0000

Merry Christmas from Olympic Swimmers.

In a fit of startling generosity we have taken it upon ourselves to throw a new song up for streaming just a few hours after it has been mastered!

“Where it Snows” will be on a forthcoming (and as yet untitled) album to be released in 2012, and is accompanied by a video lovingly put together by Simon.

In other news, next show will be at the Captain’s Rest Hogmanay Party with Casual Sex, Jack Townes and This Silent Forest. Tickets are £7 in advance and are available from here:

http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/user/?region=gb_scotland&query=detail&event=484000

Festive tidings one and all.

Olympic Swimmers playing Document 9 at the CCA

Sat, 08 Oct 2011 17:25:00 +0100

We are very privileged to have been asked to play at Document 9 at the CCA on the 22^nd of October. Document is held every October in Glasgow and is Scotland’s only dedicated international human rights documentary film festival. The premise is that film can be used to raise awareness and increase understanding of local and global social issues. It is now in its 9^th year and runs from the 20^th to the 23^rd of October. The festival incorporates film screenings, workshops, exhibitions and debates in four main venues around Glasgow: The CCA, GFT, GMAC and The Old Hairdressers (Renfield Lane, opposite Stereo), as well as live music each night in the CCA including Andrea Marini, No Comet and one other act still TBC. We are playing after the screenings at 10.30pm on Saturday the 22^nd of October in CCA 5, with a donation of £3 on the door.

For more information on the whole festival check out their website:

http://documentfilmfestival.org/

Also, The Skinny are running a competition for passes to the whole festival:

http://www.theskinny.co.uk/about/competitions/win_document_9_festival_passes