CLYM EP release, Songs of Praise, and a partridge in a pear tree.

Wow. After an amazing night at Union Chapel (see pic above and Sara's vlog), what better way to wrap up our touring schedule for 2014 than with a whirlwind trip to Taiwan? It was a huge honour to be the first international artists to play the beautiful new National Taichung Theatre, and an equally huge pleasure to spend some more time in Taiwan eating great food, reconnecting with friends and buying silly Secret Santa gifts. We’re now about to go into hibernation for a couple of weeks, but before we do, what’s this under the tree…?

In just THREE days – on Monday 22nd – we will be releasing CLYM, the first EP of material from our Deep End album, on iTunes. The four tracks include our original song Piper, studio and live versions of CLYM (a.k.a. Couldn't Love You More), a beautiful guest vocal from Jo Hamilton, and a remix from Ben See. Pledgers: watch your inboxes for your free copy.  Everyone else: pre-order yours now! We’re so happy to be able to share this taster of the album and we promise the rest of it isn’t far behind…

If you’re in the UK, make sure to tune into the Songs Of Praise Christmas Big Sing on BBC One on Sunday at 5.25pm. We’re joining some fantastic acts in the Royal Albert Hall to sing one of our favourite traditional carols.

Tour plans for 2015 include Istanbul in January and North America in February/March – more details on our ‘Shows’ page. And thanks to everyone who has bought tickets for our LACF show. By the time you read this the last 3 seats may have sold, but do yourselves a favour and check out all the other amazing festival concerts on sale – it’s a phenomenal line-up. 

Finally, our video for O Come, O Come Emmanuel has been doing the rounds on Facebook this week. It’s one of our very favourite seasonal arrangements, released a couple of years ago on our Yule Songs EP, so we thought we’d share it here. Merry Christmas!

Union Chapel, and getting in the festive spirit...

It's just over a week until our London Christmas show at Union Chapel on Friday 5th December. Don't forget to book your tickets HERE! It's one of the city's most special venues, and it's set to be a beautiful evening of new original material, old favourites and Christmas classics. Plus, there's support from the fantastic singer-songwriter Jo Hamilton, who will just break your heart. We haven't had a hometown Christmas show in several years, and we can't wait to get festively warm and fuzzy with you all.

Meanwhile, we had a great time on Saturday singing at the Biophilia Ball, a stunning evening for a great cause held at the Natural History Museum by the IUCN Red List and Synchronicity Earth. Over at our vlog channel, Oli has the low down...

USA tour diary and more on our Vlog channel

Take a look at this video we put together featuring some favourite memories and moments of daftness from behind the scenes of our fantastic US tour last month. Ah, all that sunshine! Here in the middle of a grey day in London, it seems like another world, and we can't wait to hit the States again in February and March of 2015.

If you like the video, why not subscribe to our MoreSwingles vlog channel on YouTube? We recently created the channel to give you a glimpse into how things go down offstage in our world. We'll still be using our main YouTube channel for any new music and official videos.

Oh, and welcome to the new website! As we get closer to the release of Deep End in early 2015 we'll be adding lots more content, and we'll use this blog page for news, updates, tour diaries and much more. Check back soon...