Dublin trio For Nina explores new depths on ‘Swallow’
Dublin three-piece For Nina returns with their latest single, ‘Swallow,’ a track that marks a striking evolution in their sound and artistic direction.
Following the shimmering, buoyant energy of their previous single ‘Hounds,’ ‘Swallow’ explores a darker, more introspective tone. The song trades in exuberance for restraint, allowing for a richer emotional texture to unfold across moody guitar licks and delicate melodic flourishes. Vocalist Holly Owens’ ethereal yet grounded delivery leads the charge, rising toward a near-cinematic crescendo drenched in shoegaze-inflected distortion.
Speaking on the track the band said:
“Holly wrote the guts of the song years ago, back when she was in secondary school, and it got completely lost in the drafts. We stumbled across it sitting at home one night and heard this crazy potential from the chorus, gave it a new format and first verse and we were flying from there. We only started playing it a couple months ago, but from the first time we played it in a live set we knew it was sparkling in a different way to some of our other songs.”
They add:
“‘Swallow’ generally spins around ideas of self-sabotage and biting your tongue. In some ways, it’s about lots of different things all at once and different people have attached their own meaning to it – which we find really lovely to hear.”
‘Swallow’ is out now.
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