I interviewed Swim Deep for shout4music. Here's the outcome.

Swim Deep, a five-piece from Birmingham, are in the running to be one off the much talked about buzz bands of the year. With their compelling single 'King City' (which includes the infamous “pretending Jenny-Lee Lindberg is my girlfriend” lyric) and now 'Honey' the only way for this midlands based band is a sharp ascendancy towards the masses ear drums. We chat to Zach about their current tour with Spector and why they love Tame Impala so much.

You're going on tour with Spector later on this month, are there any particular venues you're looking forward to playing?

All of them, we've played a few shows with them over the last few months and they've been some of the best crowds we've played too, there just so up for it. They just love sunshine popstars.

Who's your favourite band right now? Why?

Tame Impala, the way they write music, the way they record music, there pop/ RnB melodies just absolutely blow our minds.

How did Swim Deep come about?

Austin and Higgy met whilst working in Morrisons. Ozzy asked Higgy if he wanted to get the hell out of this place and write music, higgy said yes, then I (Zachary) and Cavan met those guys on the dance floor in Birmingham.

Do you think - given the current music scene - that Birmingham could be/is the new 'Madchester'? If not, do you think it ever will be?

I think it already is tbh, there's just so much coming out of Birmingham at the minute, and every one seems to be loving it.

You guys seem to be really into California. What is it about California that makes you so attracted to it?

The sun, the babes, the beaches, everything to do with California attracts us and makes us want to live there.

Where do you see Swim Deep in 5 years?

On a beach in California surrounded by babes, drinking sangria.

Name 5 albums you'd take on a desert island...

Tame Impala - Lonerism

Pond - Beard, Wives , Denim

Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense

Elton John - Rocket Man

Michael Jackson - Bad

Tell me about the first gig you ever went to, who was it, when and what you thought of it.

My first ever gig was an NME tour when i was about 13, Lethal Bizzle played and it was huge, it was in Birmingham. i remember just jumping around like a fool shouting 'POW'.

I can't tell you how excited I am about this being published and the fact I got the chance to interview them in the first place! The interview was over email so it wasn't entirely exciting but it's better than nothing!