Secretly Canadian has announced 4 Hits & a Miss, a career-spanning compilation of Richard Swift songs that will be released on November 1, just over six years after the influential producer and singer-songwriter’s death. Over 14 tracks, the LP gathers classics, experimental numbers, and the previously unreleased song “Common Law” to tell the story of the visionary behind the Cottage Grove, Oregon studio National Freedom. Check out the lyric video for his song “Would You?” below.
Swift died on July 3, 2018 after struggling with alcohol addiction that led to complications from hepatitis, and liver and kidney distress. Dozens of bands paid their respects to the late artist after news of his death spread, and Swift was lovingly honored with a tribute concert, a subscription-based singles series, heartfelt stories of remembrance on Talkhouse, a Death Cab for Cutie cover and 7″ vinyl, and more.
Swift’s final album as a solo artist, The Hex, came out just over two months after his death in September 2018. Back in 2021, two of his previously unreleased comedy tracks, “KFC” and the B-side “A Man’s Man,” came out as a posthumous 7″ single from Secretly Canadian as well.
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