The Bird Flies Towards You

by Open Swimmer

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tomfreeman so tender and rolling and deep and just bloody lovely. Favorite track: The Key The Lock.

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Original artwork by Tom Freeman. Painting of a diving gannet with album title: The Birds Fly Towards You written beneath. White print on black cotton AS Colour staple t-shirt. All profit from these t shirts goes to the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, Melb.

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Original artwork by Ruby Talbot-Dunn. Abstract design with the band name Open Swimmer below it. Colour print on Natural cotton AS Colour staple t-shirt. All profit from these t shirts goes to Pay The Rent (Grassroots Collective).

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1.	Electric Brae 04:41	buy track
2.	The Diving Plane 05:30	buy track
3.	The Key The Lock 03:32	buy track
4.	The Raft 06:24	buy track
5.	The Plague 04:30	buy track
6.	Quiet Tide 05:53	buy track
7.	White Water 05:15	buy track

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Open Swimmer's second album after a six year wait. This is a work about the past and the warping of memory.

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released August 6, 2021

Recorded on Wadawurrung country at various locations in Gowayn (Point Lonsdale), Vic. – including Resting Bell Studio, Gravity Hill Studio, New Hall and Ben's house – sporadically over the course of a few years.

Ben Talbot-Dunn: Singing, Guitars, Piano (track 05), Bass, Synthesiser, Banjo, Bowls.
Chris Bolton: Piano, Guitar (track 02), Singing (Track 04).
Rohan Goldsmith: Drum Kit, Percussion.
Naomi Keyte: Singing.
Nick Huggins: Violin, Organelle (and sample building), Singing (Track 04).
Suzie Wyllie: Singing.
Piers Gooding: Tenor Saxophone.

Recorded and produced by Nick Huggins and Ben Talbot-Dunn.
Mixed and Mastered by Nick Huggins.

Album photo taken and developed by Natalie Feather www.nataliefeather.co.uk

I acknowledge the Wadawurrung people of the Kulin Nation as the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the land and waters where this album was made. I honour and pay my respects to Elders past, present and emerging.

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Open Swimmer Melbourne, Australia

Open Swimmer is the music of composer Ben Talbot-Dunn and a shifting number of his friends. The sound is most often reflective and quiet, sprinkled with moments of exhilaration and intensity. Rich with bell-like harmonies and askew timing, Open Swimmer’s new album, The Bird Flies Towards You, is a reflection on the past and the warping of memory. ... more

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