Swim Deep talk latest album 'Emerald Classics', pop, and getting new music out for "January or February"

"When we were writing 'Honey', I was sat in my bedroom with a Casio keyboard, and I turned to Cav and I remember saying, ''don't just dream in your sleep, it's just lazy' - I've just come up with it, but is that too cheesy?'" It's been nearly seven years since Swim Deep released their quintessential second single, and a lot has changed. "To think that if that were anyone else, or if that were now," frontman Austin Williams laughs. "It's crazy how much stuff would've been different if Cav had said that line was too cheesy."

From skating down Birmingham's Smallbrook Queensway in the video for 'King City', to recruiting Margate's Social Singing choir on recent single 'To Feel Good', it almost seems like a different band. And in a way, it is. Following the departure of two of the group's founding members, and the addition of two new faces, 'Emerald Classics' boasts the sound of a band reincarnated. Reflecting on their roots, to write what they describe as "a love letter to Birmingham," this is Swim Deep as they always meant to be heard.

"I was just waking up, watching Gilmore Girls on TV, then going to the jobcentre," the frontman laughs. "I knew there was something more. I was just waiting to see how I was going to get there." More is exactly what they found. Spreading their wings and leaving Birmingham behind for London, the group released two sun-kissed records of escapism and elated sensation. Now, four years on from their last release, it's all been about looking back and becoming comfortable with where and who they are.