℗ 2019 Easy Star Records under license from Penny Drop Recordings
| Released | May 10, 2019 |
| Duration | 49m 44s |
| Record Label | Easy Star |
| Catalogue No. | ES1073 |
| Genre | Reggae |
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1.1
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Learning to Swim
The Skints |
3:12 | |||
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1.2
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Restless (feat. Protoje) EXPLICIT
The Skints; Protoje |
4:22 | |||
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1.3
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Gets on Top
The Skints |
3:28 | |||
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1.4
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New Kind of Friend
The Skints |
4:22 | |||
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1.5
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This is an Interlude
The Skints |
1:35 | |||
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1.6
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What Did I Learn Today?
The Skints |
2:16 | |||
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1.7
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Oh My Love
The Skints |
4:02 | |||
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1.8
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The Island
The Skints |
2:58 | |||
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1.9
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I'm a Fool
The Skints |
3:02 | |||
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1.10
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Armageddon (feat. Runkus)
The Skints; Runkus |
4:07 | |||
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1.11
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Donkey Brain
The Skints |
2:40 | |||
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1.12
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La La La
The Skints |
3:50 | |||
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1.13
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Love is the Devil (feat. Jesse Royal)
The Skints; Jesse Royal |
3:56 | |||
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1.14
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Stop Looking Back
The Skints |
5:54 |
Drawing on influences as sprawling as Bad Brains, Popcaan, No Doubt, Alton Ellis, Wiley and Weezer, Swimming Lessons deals with crushing heartbreak, the impending doom of Brexit, surviving as an independent musician and navigating the weird world of 2019 – all of these are proverbial “swimming lessons” life throws at us.
Lyrically their darkest and most introspective release to date, Swimming Lessons takes its inspiration from reggae, soul, dub, punk, ragga and rap. The Skints have a knack for fusing different genres of music that strike an accessible chord with a political, personal and philosophical message. From 8 Bit-influenced dancehall to sound system shaking dub, melodic grunge to harmony-laden soul, Swimming Lessons boasts collaborations with three of Jamaica’s brightest roots stars of today.
“In the four years since our last album, FM, the band has toured globally non-stop. The creative hunger in us has been building up so much, because as an independent operation, we simply haven’t had the luxury of spending money on studio time whilst playing to sustain ourselves."
- Josh Waters Rudge(Guitars/Vocals)
44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Easy Star Studio Masters
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -0.30 -2.94 to -0.10 | -11.18 -17.50 to -8.55 | -9.31 -14.80 to -6.00 | 7 5 to 9 | |
| 1 | Learning to Swim | -0.10 | -10.04 | -8.3 | 5 |
| 2 | Restless (feat. Protoje) | -0.10 | -12.08 | -10.5 | 8 |
| 3 | Gets on Top | -0.10 | -11.51 | -10.5 | 7 |
| 4 | New Kind of Friend | -0.10 | -10.35 | -8.5 | 6 |
| 5 | This is an Interlude | -0.10 | -12.94 | -12.1 | 8 |
| 6 | What Did I Learn Today? | -0.10 | -9.84 | -6.7 | 5 |
| 7 | Oh My Love | -0.10 | -11.35 | -9.4 | 7 |
| 8 | The Island | -0.10 | -8.55 | -6.0 | 5 |
| 9 | I'm a Fool | -0.10 | -10.12 | -7.8 | 6 |
| 10 | Armageddon (feat. Runkus) | -0.10 | -9.85 | -8.4 | 6 |
| 11 | Donkey Brain | -2.94 | -17.50 | -14.8 | 9 |
| 12 | La La La | -0.10 | -10.72 | -9.1 | 6 |
| 13 | Love is the Devil (feat. Jesse Royal) | -0.10 | -8.80 | -7.0 | 5 |
| 14 | Stop Looking Back | -0.10 | -12.88 | -11.2 | 8 |