Swish (album) explained

Swish
Type:remix
Longtype:/ compilation album
Artist:Joywave
Cover:Joywave - Swish cover art.jpg
Prev Title:How Do You Feel Now?
Prev Year:2015
Next Title:Content
Next Year:2017

Swish (stylized as SWISH) is a compilation album by American indie rock band Joywave. It was released on March 11, 2016, through Cultco and Hollywood, primarily to promote their single "Destruction". The album contains 10 tracks, beginning with "Destruction", followed by eight versions of the song that feature different remixed intros, and ending with a bonus track titled "Life in a Bubble I Blew", a song that was cut from How Do You Feel Now?. The titles of tracks 2-9 create the phrase "Why be credible when you can be incredible?", a reference to the Huffington Post article that front man Daniel Armbruster wrote about "Destruction".[1]

The name of the album refers to Kanye West's seventh studio album The Life of Pablo, which was originally intended to be titled Swish.[2] This reference was in response to the album artwork of The Life of Pablo bearing a striking resemblance to Joywave's promotional material for "Destruction", which was posted several weeks prior.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Armbruster . Daniel . Why Be Credible When You Can Be Incredible? . HuffPost . 10 April 2024 . en . 3 November 2015.
  2. Web site: 2015-05-03 . Kanye West's Album Has a New Title Now . 2024-01-03 . Pitchfork . en-US.
  3. Web site: 2017-09-20 . Interview: Joywave and the art of being 'Content' . 2024-01-03 . Vanyaland . en-US.
  4. Peak chart positions for singles on the Alternative Songs chart: