The collaborative writing process for what would eventually become their debut album, Swimming Lessons, began with Luke fleshing out instrumentation and musical arrangements for Nik to then craft lyrical and melodic ideas over. The duo whittled down a compilation of demos into a collection of 10 strong songs that they deemed worthy of advancing to the recording and production phase. For help with pre production of the album, Nik and Luke then teamed up with Jessica Dobson of Deep Sea Diver to begin a collaborative process of refining musical ideas and arrangements. From there, they undertook the process of recording the album at the couple's recording studio, Pinehill, in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle, with Luke acting as producer and engineer. While the majority of the album’s instrumentation was written and performed by Luke, with vocal performances and arrangements by Nik, the two enlisted a few friends and Seattle musicians to help contribute a touch of collaborative energy to the process.* Once the recording process was complete, Andy D. Park (Now, Now, Pedro The Lion) was brought on to mix the album which was then finally passed along to Ed Brooks (Death Cab For Cutie, Minus The Bear) for mastering. Swimming Lessons is set for a 2023, worldwide release.

*Jessica Dobson (Deep Sea Diver) performed guitar on “Perfect Sun.” Meagan Grandall (Lemolo) contributed vocal harmonies to “Domino,” “Swoon,” and “Slow Bleed.” Skyler Mehal contributed guitar instrumentation to “Forever” and “Slow Bleed,” synth pad layers to “Avenue” and “Swoon,” and atmospheric guitar ambience to “Domino.” Jessie Siren contributed lyrical phrases and vocal melodies to “Domino,” “Perfect Sun,” “Higher,” “Slow Bleed,” and “Golden Chains.” Tim Van Buren performed the guitar solo on “Avenue” and the guitar hook on “Forever.” Eric Vanderbilt-Matthews contributed saxophone to “Do It To Me” and flute to “Swoon.”