On their near perfect debut, the Bay Area band stick to the basics; utilizing pounding C-86 drumbeats, alternately fuzzed and reverb-soaked guitars, and song structures that reach back to the best '60s Brill Building pop as filtered through the head-long rush of power pop> Played and sung with a joyous energy, the record proves impossible to resist.
Tennis brings listeners back to the 80s with their vocals if the instrumentals had contemporary instruments with this album. Swimmer is an absolute blast.