the smiths, belle and sebastian, the zombies, arthur lee and love, velvet underground, the kinks, left banke, shangri-las, girl group sounds, curtis mayfield, motown/stax, beach boys, beatles, simon and garfunkel, scott walker, serge gainsbourg, french pop, jonathan richman, echo and the bunnymen, felt, new order, orchestral manoeuvres in the dark, camera obscura, aislers set, the clientele, yo la tengo, the radio dept, stereolab, magnetic fields, jens lekman
Most of the time, Swimteam consists of one person, Brian Young, writing and recording songs in his South Pasadena, CA apartment.
When not slaving over a hot laptop, Brian also plays tenor sax and other instruments with Los Angeles indie-pop group The Tartans, as well as drums in the Pasadena post-drunk band, The Guestimates.
Finishing touches are being made to "See What I Made", Swimteam's debut long-player.
sweet tunes, brian! i can't stand the killers, either. must've been a sweet makeout session! sorry to talk about your lyrics ;) it'll be great to play another show together!
