Swimmer (Tennis album) explained

Swimmer
Type:	studio
Artist:	Tennis
Cover:	Tennis Swimmer.png
Label:	Mutually Detrimental
Length:	31:12
Producer:	Alaina Moore Patrick Riley
Chronology:	Tennis studio albums
Prev Title:	We Can Die Happy
Prev Year:	2017
Next Title:	Pollen
Next Year:	2023

Swimmer is the fifth studio album by the musical duo Tennis, released via their own label Mutually Detrimental on February 14, 2020.

Background and release

"Runner" was released as the lead single from the album on November 8, 2019. It was released alongside a music video directed by Luca Venter. Along with the release of "Runner", Tennis announced the album would be titled Swimmer, revealing the album cover and a release date of February 14, 2020. Tour dates for 2020 were also announced.^[1]

"Need Your Love" was released as the second single from the album on January 9, 2020, alongside a music video directed by Luca Venter.^[2]

"How to Forgive" was released as the third single from the album on January 24, 2020, alongside a visualizer directed and edited by Luca Venter.^[3]

Personnel

Tennis

• Alaina Moore – vocals, keyboards, piano, engineering, production
• Patrick Riley – bass, drum programming, guitar, keyboards, engineering, production

Additional contributors

• Johnny Payne – string arrangements
• Steve Voss – engineering assistance, drums
• Josh Zubot – strings
• Joe LaPorta – mixing
• Claudius Mittendorfer – mixing
• Luca Venter – artwork

Notes and References

1. News: Bacior . Robin . Tennis announce new album Swimmer, 2020 tour dates . February 10, 2020 . . November 13, 2019.
2. News: Kenneally . Cerys . Tennis experiment with pace on new single "Need Your Love". February 10, 2020 . . January 10, 2020.
3. News: Johnson II . Jarrod . Tennis Learn "How to Forgive" on New Single from Forthcoming Album Swimmer . February 10, 2020 . . January 24, 2020.