Swapmeet Share New Single ‘Halfway’, Announce World Tour Dates

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26 June

Written By The Note

‘Halfway’ is the fourth single taken from the band’s upcoming debut studio album, Mount Zero.

Adelaide indie rock band Swapmeet posing together in casual outfits, looking relaxed against a textured, light neutral studio backdrop. — Image David Milan Kelly

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Emerging Adelaide outfit Swapmeet have shared their fourth single ‘Halfway’, taken from the quartet’s upcoming debut studio album Mount Zero, which drops Friday 17 July via Winspear.

Taking its name from the road sign passed across many an interstate drive, Mount Zero acts as a glimpse into another world. “Mount Zero is a place you pass but never go,” says the band’s Maxwell Elphick. “It became a symbol for people we’d see but never meet. When you’re always in a different city and trying new things, there are a lot of experiences you observe but never get to fully explore.”

The quartet of Venus O’Broin (guitar, vocals), Joshua Doherty (bass), Maxwell Elphick (guitar, drums, vocals), and Jack Medlyn (guitar, drums, vocals) produced the record in collaboration with Armlock's Hamish Mitchell, crafting nine introspective tracks.

Following the previously released singles ‘I Know!’, ‘Sand’ and ‘2 C U’, the band’s latest is a delighfully hazy rocker that sounds like it’s straight out of the ‘90s. ‘Halfway’ continues Swapmeet’s impressive run of ear candy singles, with the band revealing the song “looks at the first confrontations with change. The first confrontations with loss, and every choice feeling like a mistake. When you finally realise things can’t truly ever return to how they once were.”

The track is accompanied by a music video directed by Mayah Slayter that shows the band performing in a rundown room in the country.

To celebrate the release of Mount Zero, Swapmeet has announced a massive world tour that includes shows in Australia, North America and Europe.

The tour begins in September with four shows down under, the first being a hometown gig in Tarntanya/Adelaide at Rhino Room on Friday 4 September. Swapmeet then makes their way to Eora/Sydney for a show at The Lansdowne on Saturday 5 September, followed by Magadjin/Brisbane’s Black Bear Lodge on Friday 11 September and Northcote Social Club on Friday 18 September in Naarm/Melbourne.

Tickets for all shows are on sale now via swapmeetband.com.

‘Halfway’ by Swapmeet is out now. Listen here. Mount Zero drops Friday 17 July via Winspear. Pre-save here and pre-order here. Catch Swapmeet performing at Rhino Room on Friday 4 September. Tickets on sale now via oztix.com.au.