Perth, Australia
Swoop Swoop (aka Streaky Jake) sounds like he fell down a deep old well, and couldnt get out. At the bottom, he had alot of time to think about life and people and how irrational they can be. He cried out for help, over and over, but noone heard him. So he just started singing.
While others have compared him to The Soldad Brothers, Devendra Banhart and Mazzy Star, his weightless sound reminded me of fellow well-dwelling contemporaries, Zach Rogue and Damien Jurado. Incorporating a gritty lo-fi 60s sound, his songs would have also slotted in nicely somewhere on The Forest Gump Soundtrack, maybe for that classic shot of Jenny out the bus window...
With releases already in the States and UK (as Streaky Jake), and judging by his My World Vistor Map on myspace, it would seem this sneaky little surfing sandwich from Perth has snuck under all our noses.

MP3: Swoop Swoop - Tomorrow We Triumph
MP3: Swoop Swoop - It's Spring
myspace - Red Eye Records - Metal Postcard records (US)

Labels: Swoop Swoop, Tom