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Formed by the chief songwriters from Melbourne bands Crepes, Dreamin' Wild and Sagamore, Swazi Gold brings old friends together. Chris Jennings and Sam Cooper grew up in the Victorian coastal towns of Barwon Heads and Ocean Grove, while Tim Karmouche was an inland man, hailing from Ballarat in the state's north-west.

The first single from the album is "Disco", written by Jennings. He says the song is about, "moving to Melbourne and seeing how we've all changed. We've all come from these bands that were heavily influenced by the coast and were our hometowns. They've changed a lot. We've kind of stopped being from the coast," he says.

Driven by a sassy disco beat, the song name-checks towns dotted along Victoria's western coastline. These places, like Leopold, Port Arlington, Bell Brae and Torquay, are the former homes of Swazi Gold. The final places, and indeed the final words uttered in the song, are better known international hubs—like Barcelona, London and Berlin—suggesting the mainstreaming of worlds in moving to the big smoke.

On "Disco" and Jehovah's Whispers, Swazi Gold draw on their collective love of African music, American funk, and quirky, melody-driven pop music to explore the spaces between conventional genres.

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from Jehovah's Whispers, track released December 7, 2018
Swazi Gold are Chris Jennings, Sam Cooper & Tim Karmouche.
All songs written and produced by Swazi Gold.
Mixing by Maryos Syawish.
Mastering by Corey Kikos.

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Swazi Gold Melbourne, Australia

Melbourne based, drum-machine driven 3-piece formed by the chief songwriters from local staples Crepes, Dreamin' Wild and Sagamore. Made up of country and coastal boys Chris Jennings, Sam Cooper and Tim Karmouche.

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