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Night Swimming have shared new single ‘Poison Berry’ while confirming details of their second EP ‘Melting, Sometimes Bleeding’, due out on 22nd May. The Bath based five piece pair the release with a one take video that keeps the focus tight and unbroken.
‘Poison Berry’ follows earlier 2025 single ‘Submarine’ and serves as the latest preview of the upcoming EP. The track is built around a steady rhythmic pulse, with gauzy textures and close knit instrumentation supporting the vocal rather than overpowering it. Nothing in the arrangement breaks away sharply. Instead, the band keep the structure contained.
Vocalist and lyricist Meg Jones describes the song as an amalgamation of her experiences with men in relationships, alongside recognition of her own responsibility in the dynamics she can be drawn to. She explains that the lyrics address being acutely aware of a partner’s emotional state while sensing that awareness is not returned. The tone, she notes, carries dryness and numbness she had not explored in this way before.
The video, directed by Jay Bartlett, was conceived as a satirical caricature of trying to make relationships work when communication stalls. Shot using a continuous tracking camera technique, it pans across different scenarios within a confined space. Expressions shift between frustration, despondency, and anger, yet the environment never changes.
Production on the EP comes from longtime collaborator Peter Miles, with mastering by Simon Scott of Slowdive. Across their catalogue so far, Night Swimming have drawn attention for layering texture with restraint while keeping emotional detail central.
Attention without release
‘Poison Berry’ never lets go of its tension. The song keeps moving, but it never opens out, and that choice starts to feel intentional the longer it runs. There is a sense of staying alert, of being switched on the whole time, without any moment where the pressure drops.
Meg’s vocal sits right in the middle of that. She sings without pushing lines forward or leaning into drama. The lyrics talk about noticing someone else’s emotions and carrying that awareness alone, and her delivery reflects that position. She sounds present, careful, and controlled, like someone watching rather than reacting.
What makes the track land is how closely the sound and the video line up. In the one take video above, things happen, expressions change, and energy is spent, yet the situation never shifts. That same feeling runs through the song. Time passes, effort is made, and nothing really moves. ‘Poison Berry’ leaves you sitting inside that recognition instead of offering a way out.
You can listen to ‘Poison Berry’ on all streaming platforms and you can follow Night Swimming on Instagram. You can also buy all of the band’s music over on Bandcamp.