When we decided to follow up a very well received catchy, three-minute blast of positive noise pop with a discordant, five-minute howl of a song about rape and victim blaming we knew we were going against a lot of advice people have given us over the years: “Keep your songs short”, “Focus on catchy choruses”, “Avoid contentious issues”... “They don’t play songs like this on the radio.” It turns out, they do. Last night we had our *first national airplay for ‘He’s Very Good At Swimming’, a five minute song about victim blaming. Thanks to Tom Robinson @freshonthenet @bbc6music @bbcintroducing for playing it. It means the world to us.
This follows very much appreciated airplay for HVGAS from the ever supportive @seanamcginty @bbclancashire as well as many, many local and digital stations like Steve and Jono at @radionorthwich Angharad on All FM in Levenshulme, The Mostly Indie Show, @goldenbelievers and more. Not to mention all of you who have added it to your Spotify playlists. Thank you all for supporting us to make the art we want to make. *This is our first national airplay for this particular track. We are very grateful too that When The Cloud Explodes had love from @steve_lamacq and @gideoncoe at @bbc6music and John Kennedy at @radiox as well as loads of very much appreciated love from @seanamcginty as well as many under-appreciated, tireless championers of underground sounds all over the globe. We love you very much.
