Help She Can't Swim

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{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Help She Can't Swim

| image = Help-She-Cant-Swim.jpg

| caption =

| landscape = Yes

| origin = Southampton, Brighton, England

| genre = Indie rock
art rock

| years_active = 2003–2008

| label = Fantastic Plastic Records (UK), Vacuous Pop

| past_members = Tom Denney (vocals/guitar/keyboard)
Leesey Frances (vocals/keyboard)
Tim Palmer (bass/keyboard)
Lewis Baker (drums)
Tom Baker (guitar/bass/keyboard)

| associated_acts = Colours, Soft Arrows, Lonely Ghost, Daskinsey4, Great Ytene, Nature Channel, Nullifier, Games For May

}}

Help She Can't Swim was an English indie/art rock band, formed in Southampton in 2003. The band released a number of singles on Fantastic Plastic Records, along with an EP and two albums. Before signing to Fantastic Plastic, they had released one EP entitled Suck Our Band (a phrase taken from the lyrics of their song "Are You Feeling Fashionable?") on the Vacuous Pop label. While originally recorded as a demo, Vacuous Pop were so taken with the 'Suck Our Band' recordings that they had to be given a proper release.{{Cite web |title=diskant » Help She Can't Swim |url=http://www.diskant.net/talentspotter/help-she-cant-swim/ |access-date=2022-11-19}} Originally a five-piece, one of the founding members, Tom Baker, left the band in 2006, before the release of the band's second album The Death of Nightlife, though still contributed to the recording which had mostly been completed before his departure.{{Citation |title=Help She Can't Swim - The Death Of Nightlife |date=7 May 2007 |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/2629734-Help-She-Cant-Swim-The-Death-Of-Nightlife |language=en |access-date=2022-11-19}} The band announced they had split up on 26 May 2008 on their Myspace blog. Their reasoning behind the breakup, as quoted from their MySpace blog was "There are a lot of things that the four of us need to do personally that being in the band does not allow. We have had an amazing time being in HSCS; we got to release our music, tour, play shows with some great bands and met lots of lovely people."{{Citation needed|date=November 2022}}

A compilation album of b-sides was released digitally in 2010 called 'B Sides'.{{Citation needed|date=November 2022}}

Following the split members of the band have gone on to form new projects. Tom Denney released solo material under the name Lonely Ghosts and performed in the live band for Nullifier.{{Cite web |title=Lonely Ghosts |url=https://www.oneinchbadge.com/label-lonelyghosts |access-date=2022-11-19 |website=one-inch-badge |language=en}} He then formed the band Soft Arrows in 2011 with ex-members of My Device, as well as Nature Channel in 2013.{{Cite web |title=My Device |url=https://www.oneinchbadge.com/label-mydevice |access-date=2022-11-19 |website=one-inch-badge |language=en}} Leesey Frances contributed vocals and clarinet to tracks on the Lonely Ghosts album and mini-album, as well as performing at live shows.{{Citation needed|date=November 2022}} In 2013 she formed a new band, Daskinsey4.{{Cite web |title=7 Bands Bringing Camp And Queerness Back To Punk |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/07/26/british-bands-queerness-camp-punk-shopping-daskinsey4-actual-crimes |access-date=2022-11-19 |website=The FADER |date=11 July 2016 |language=en}} Lewis Baker went on to play in Spaghetti Anywhere, Warm Brains and Colours. Tom Baker later joined Colours, changing their name to Great Ytene.{{Cite web |date=2013-08-07 |title=New band of the day (Great Ytene 1,570) |url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/aug/07/great-ytene |access-date=2022-11-19 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}

Lewis Baker died in 2021, in 2022 the band announced special one off reunion gigs in 2023 in tribute to Baker, with all proceeds going to St Joseph's Hospice in London.{{Cite web |title=Bird On The Wire {{!}} Help She Can't Swim {{!}} The Lexington |url=https://www.birdonthewire.net/events/helpshecantswim-thelexington |access-date=2022-11-19 |language=en}}