Bath/Bristol-based dream-pop risers Night Swimming have released new single ‘Five-Year Plan’ – the final taste of the band’s debut EP No Place To Land – out digitally and on 12″ vinyl on September 27.

Continuing their swift ascent to becoming one of the UK’s most talked about new bands, ‘Five-Year Plan’ moves with a rare serenity; a wall of sound built from rich electronic string arrangements, haunting guitars – and vocalist Meg Jones’ soul-stirring vocals and lyrics pouring out impulsively, reflecting unfiltered pain following the sudden, unexplained loss of a close relationship.

Speaking more on the inspiration behind new single ‘Five-Year Plan’, Meg Jones said: “‘Five-Year Plan’ is about the feeling of being dropped suddenly, without much explanation, by someone you were really close to. The words were written quickly and without a lot of conscious thought, compared with our other songs. I think this captured the honesty of the difficult emotions I was experiencing at the time.

“Like all of the tracks on the EP, Five-Year Plan was recorded as a live performance to analogue tape. We recorded the songs this way to give them their own energy and movement akin to our live shows. There were minimal overdubs on ‘Five-Year Plan’, however we did experiment with layers such as double tracked vocals/harmonies, a synth bass and even some acoustic guitar to thicken the mix. In terms of the writing process, the track was started by Jesse bringing an arpeggio melody to rehearsal that he’d be working on, and it was fleshed out by the rest of the band to create the wall of sound that is heard in the recording. A few of us were coincidentally experiencing similar life events at the same time, in the middle of winter, which definitely impacted the writing process. The song switches metre from 7/8 to 4/4 which we felt provided a cathartic release to end the song.”