{"id":87972,"date":"2019-08-06T17:00:42","date_gmt":"2019-08-06T16:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?p=87972"},"modified":"2019-08-05T19:46:20","modified_gmt":"2019-08-05T18:46:20","slug":"podcast-interview-cant-swim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/podcast-interview-cant-swim\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast Interview: Can&#8217;t Swim"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-85039\" src=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Can\u2019t-Swim-min.jpg\" alt=\"Can\u2019t Swim\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Can\u2019t-Swim-min.jpg 700w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Can\u2019t-Swim-min-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Can\u2019t-Swim-min-465x310.jpg 465w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Can\u2019t-Swim-min-695x464.jpg 695w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Can\u2019t-Swim-min-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>&#8220;One of the most important things we enjoy about doing a band is putting out music&#8221;<\/em><\/h2>\n<p>Since starting <strong>Can&#8217;t Swim<\/strong> as a solo project in 2015, Chris Loporto has turned it into a full band, one that has proved to be very productive. Their 2016 debut EP, <em>&#8216;Death Deserves a Name,&#8217;<\/em> was swiftly followed up their first full-length, <em>&#8216;Fail You Again&#8217;<\/em> with a second album, <em>&#8216;This Too Won&#8217;t Pass,&#8217;<\/em> arriving last November.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout that time, they&#8217;ve become regular visitors to the UK through various headline and support tours with festival spots along the way. Their latest trip to these shores saw them make their debut at the <strong>2000trees Festival<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of their set on the Cave stage, <strong>Already Heard<\/strong>&#8216;s S\u00eaan Reid caught up with Chris Loporto to discuss the band&#8217;s frequent activity, their evolving songwriting process, how work on their new material is coming along and more.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Can&#039;t Swim (2000Trees Festival 2019) by Already Heard\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F661561250&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=1000&#038;maxwidth=800&#038;secret_token=s-H5Fq2\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Listen on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/alrdyhrd.uk\/podcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apple Podcast<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/1ly488RsCsoTE1Dw4MImyf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spotify<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.acast.com\/alreadyheard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Acast<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>\u2018This Too Won\u2019t Pass\u2019<\/em>\u00a0by\u00a0<strong>Can\u2019t Swim<\/strong>\u00a0is out now on\u00a0<strong>Pure Noise Records<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Can\u2019t Swim\u00a0<\/strong>links:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cantswimmusic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Website<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cantswim\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cantswim_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cantswim_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/purenoise.bandcamp.com\/album\/fail-you-again\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bandcamp<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><i>View more of\u00a0<b>Already Heard<\/b>\u2018s coverage of\u00a0<b>2000trees Festival 2019<\/b>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/2000trees-festival2019\/\">here<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite being regular visitors to the UK, Can&#8217;t Swim have been equally productive since forming four years.<\/p>\n<p>We spoke to frontman Chris Loporto to discuss their frequent activity and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":85039,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16877,45,17214],"tags":[62,3135,456,2138,16159],"class_list":["post-87972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2000trees-festival-2019","category-interviews","category-podcast","tag-already-heard","tag-already-heard-podcast","tag-cant-swim","tag-chris-loporto","tag-this-too-wont-pass"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Podcast Interview: Can&#039;t Swim - Already Heard Staging<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Despite being regular visitors to the UK, Can&#039;t Swim have been equally productive since forming four years. 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