Released 14 May 2012 Length 4:18 | Recorded 2012 | |
B-side "King City (Stripped Session)" Format 7" vinyl, digital download Genre Indie pop, indie rock, dream pop | ||
"King City" is the debut single by indie pop band Swim Deep, released in May 2012 through Chess Club Records. It was re-released in July 2013 for their debut album Where the Heaven Are We.
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Release
"King City" was originally released on 14 May 2012, backed with "Beach Justice". For the release of Where the Heaven Are We, they re-released "King City", again, on seven-inch vinyl, backed with a stripped version of the song. iTunes made the single their single of the week in August and it was available as a free download.
Music videos
A video for "King City" was made to promote the single. It features Swim Deep wandering about their hometown, directed by The Marshall Darlings. For the re-release of the single, a new video was made which features the band driving about in the desert. The video ends with the band going to the sea back in Birmingham.
Track listing
- King City
- Beach Justice
- King City
- King City (Stripped version)