Swim Deep announce “intimate” UK shows with Bill Ryder-Jones on guitar, share new single ‘Hard To Come Back’

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Swim Deep have shared their latest single ‘Hard To Come Back’ and a string of “intimate” UK shows with Bill Ryder-Jones on guitar.The soft and dreamy track is a bonus from the Birmingham band’s recent Ryder-Jones produced fourth album ‘There’s A Big Star Outside’.

Featuring a crisp and slow drum beat along with a comforting guitar riff, ‘Hard To Come Back’ sees frontman Austin Williams sing: “Did you hear the storm crashing at your window / your friends are at the door / trying to take the edge off the world”.Speaking about the song in a press release, Williams shared: “‘Hard To Come Back’ came about during a turning point, full of grey clouds and a peeping light.

I accompanied a close friend to their first AA meeting. I always said when they were ready, that I’d go with, much like when we’d get ready before going out as teenagers, because we were too timid to go alone.“I never felt closer and more proud of them in that moment.

In my early 20s, I almost lost a best friend to addiction, and I’m not proud of the way I responded, by burying my head in the warm sand.