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The Cavers

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Data updated on 2025-08-11 23:10:40 UTC
A Musical Journey of Friendship and Exploration

The Cavers, led by Alan Hugo and Patrick Unternährer, have been making music together for over two decades, sharing early guitar lessons, skate trips, and band experiences. Their deep bond and shared understanding of songwriting shine through in their music. Most of their latest album, Now Swim , was written during the pandemic and produced in collaboration with Philippe Laffer at Alterna Recording Studios in Basel.

As musical "spelunkers", The Cavers–accompanied by Julien Pinheiro on drums and Fabian Kraus on bass–explore the depths of life with curiosity and passion. Even before releasing professional recordings, their demo Before the Tide Pulls Us In (2017) was featured at major Swiss festivals like Gurtenfestival, Openair St. Gallen, and Moon and Stars Locarno, with airplay on SRF3 and other stations.

The band’s 2018 EP Down a Mountain brought further success, with performances at the Montreux Jazz Festival, Seaside Festival, and support shows for artists like Current Swell and The Gardener & The Tree.

Their latest album, Now Swim (2022), led to their first tour in Germany and over 40 shows across Switzerland. SRF3 named them “SRF3 Best Talent,” and Now Swim has garnered over 360,000 streams on Spotify.

The band draws inspiration from artists such as José González, Ben Howard, Wilco, Junip and Alexi Murdoch and can be classified within the genres of Indie Folk, Indie Rock, and Chamber Pop.

Genres

: bern indie swiss indie folk

Total plays

681,407
Updated on 2025-08-11

Social media links

Monthly listeners

5,012

Followers

2,987

Top Cities

  1. Switzerland
    Zurich
    320 listeners
  2. Switzerland
    Bern
    146 listeners
  3. Germany
    118 listeners
  4. Germany
    119 listeners
  5. Austria
    Vienna
    99 listeners

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Most popular tracks

Track Plays Duration Release date
Lifeboat
Lifeboat
222,041 4:14 2022-03-25
Before It All Disappears
Before It All Disappears
124,704 5:27 2022-09-09
Trains
Trains
72,281 3:32 2018-09-07
I Don't
I Don't
42,829 3:16 2017-08-14
Unwatered Plants
Unwatered Plants
32,651 6:34 2022-05-06
All I Need
All I Need
23,998 2:60 2017-08-14
Polar
Polar
18,436 2:49 2017-08-14
Midweek
Midweek
16,304 3:22 2017-08-14
Float
Float
16,164 4:46 2022-05-06
Let's Keep This One Between Me and You
Let's Keep This One Between Me and You
14,707 2:43 2018-10-05
Seconds
Seconds
14,548 5:32 2022-05-06
Swimsuit
Swimsuit
13,296 4:18 2022-05-06
If I Could Sing
If I Could Sing
9,897 3:03 2018-10-05
High Ground
High Ground
9,786 3:17 2017-08-14
Echoes
Echoes
9,713 3:29 2018-10-05
Adrift
Adrift
8,781 3:41 2022-10-21
Ride It Out
Ride It Out
8,399 3:33 2018-10-05
Sand
Sand
8,227 5:29 2022-10-21
Lifeboat
Lifeboat
8,087 3:22 2018-10-05
Liberti
Liberti
6,558 4:14 2022-10-21

New releases

Now Swim
Now Swim
2022-10-21
[SheepSheep Records]
Before It All Disappears
Before It All Disappears
2022-09-09
[SheepSheep Records]
Now
Now
2022-05-06
[SheepSheep Records]
Lifeboat
Lifeboat
2022-03-25
[SheepSheep Records]
Down a Mountain
Down a Mountain
2018-10-05
[Herbert Grönelabel]
Trains
Trains
2018-09-07
[Herbert Grönelabel]
Before the Tide Pulls Us In
Before the Tide Pulls Us In
2017-08-14
[iM The Cavers]