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As a new band they were asked how it felt to be signed to a major record label, the band were able to point out that while Swiss Lips are a new band, they themselves are not novices to the music industry. "We are a new band but have all been playing in different bands for as long as we can remember
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so it doesn't seem like an overnight thing. It's feels amazing to have the support and belief of a team like Epic behind what we are doing and being
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remix is a mellow take on one of the coolest pop tracks of the year so far..." The video for "U Got The Power" went viral collecting over one million hits within the first five days of upload.
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inspiration from a wide-ranging array of artists: "...we take influences from all kinds of music. At the moment we are listening to
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