Swansun, an indie rock band that was formed in 2021, released their newest single, “Loving Vincent,” on Valentine’s Day.

The band seemed to come together in what looked like a “happy accident.” 

“Well, me, Ryan, and Bug Catcher, we were all in a different band, and the fun house, a former venue in Glassboro, hit us up to play a show, and we couldn’t do it. So then I just reached out to a friend of ours who played the drums, and we just started a band for just this one occasion, but it just went really well, and it was fun. So we just kept it going since then,” said band guitarist Alan DeCucco. 

The band describes themselves as “psych rock,” a subgenre of rock that emerged in the 1960s. Some of the band’s main influences are the Beatles, Black Sabbath, and other classic artists. The band says that they’re always evolving and that their sound is always changing. 

“I would say our sound is kind of constantly evolving. I feel like we really try to do different things each time. Like album one to album two, there’s just such a world of difference. But I like to think that that’s not an accident. I think we’re always pushing each other, and everybody’s always listening or trying something new,” said Ryan Foor, the band’s keyboard player. 

Although the main influences for this newest track are The Smiths, R.E.M., and The Cure, The new single tells the story of a relationship that is set up to fail.

According to the press release, the song is about a romantic set in a new relationship that seems hopeless. The song is also inspired by the feelings somebody has when they have a crush on someone. It was released on Valentine’s Day to really emphasize that it’s a love song. 

“We decided to drop this on Valentine’s Day because it’s a love song, and it fits the theme of the holiday. I hope listeners feel the innocent excitement of having a crush when they listen to it,” said the band in the press release. 

The 2017 thriller film inspires the title of the track, yet the band claims they have never seen the film. 

“I’ve never seen that one. I just thought it was a cool title, not going to lie. I mean, like, it looks like a cool movie, but I just heard it’s slow. I don’t know,” said DeCucco.

The band talked about how the recording and creative process came easy for the group and how a specific moment of the song helped the creative process feel more natural to the audience. 

“Our friend Savvy told me, when I heard people laughing at the end of the recording and just enjoying, that was like, that was important. That’s personally my favorite part of the song as well when there’s just, you can tell like, oh, okay, they had fun making this and it wasn’t like, you know, 50,000 takes for 25 hours,” said Foor. 

Swanson is currently gearing up to perform a set of new songs and record a full new record in March. 

“We’re going to rehearsal today, and we’re all going to be working on new stuff. It’s kind of our main goal right now. So far, we’ve got a good handful of new songs in the tank that we’re going to be performing live. We’re already performing a few new ones live,” said guitarist Dave Mercoli. “We were kind of scheduled to start recording some new stuff at the end of March.”

Swansun hopes to keep making waves in the South Jersey rock scene.

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