''Night Swimming'' is the first EP released by New Zealand band,

Young Lyre Young Lyre is an Indie Pop New Zealand band formed in 2009 from Auckland. The band includes Jordan Curtis (lead vocals, synths), Matt Judd (bass, backing vocals), Simon Roots (drums, backing vocals), Sanjay Bangs (guitar, synths), Kiran Rai (guita ...

, released on 9 November 2012. The EP reached number fifteen on the Official New Zealand Music Chart one week after its release.

Background

The band started creating music in the college competing on

Rockquest Smokefreerockquest (SFRQ) is an annual music competition for intermediate and high school bands throughout New Zealand. The first Rockquest was held in 1988, and was organised by Christchurch radio station C93FM as a local event. The following ...

in New Zealand. After changing the band name from "Sons of Darragh" to "Oresund" to "The Frisk", they decided to settle on the name of "Young Lyre" in 2011. Featuring songs of their first years, the EP ''Night Swimming'' was officially released on 9 November 2012. One week after its release, the EP was the number fifteen on the

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Singles

The first single and music video from the EP was "Make Light", released on 15 March 2012 and directed by Jordan Dodson.

Track listing

Personnel

Young Lyre

* Jordan Curtis – lead vocals,

synths A synthesizer (also synthesiser or synth) is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals. Synthesizers typically create sounds by generating waveforms through methods including subtractive synthesis, additive synthesis an ...

(2008–present) * Sanjay Bangs – guitar, backing vocals (2008–present) * Kiran Rai – guitar,

(2008–present) * Simon Roots –

drum The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophone. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a ...

s (2008–present) * Matt Judd – bass, backing vocals (2008–present)

References

External links

*{{Discogs release, type=album, 8051502 2012 debut EPs Young Lyre albums