Not Waving but Drowning Not Drowning, Waving takes their name from the poem. The underground '90s emo-hardcore act I Hate Myself recorded a song with the same name on their album 10 Songs. A track on Julian Cope's 1991 album "Peggy Suicide" was titled "Not Raving but Drowning" after the poem. The poem was also set to music by singer-songwriter Vic Chesnutt on his debut album Little with a spoken introduction from a Stevie Smith recording. Singer and songwriter Tanita Tikaram set the poem to music in her song titled "Not Waving but Drowning" which appeared as a b-side to her single "I Might
Citizens Here and Abroad as dreamy and cerebral. While their songs are built on catchy melodies, they don't tend to follow traditional verse-chorus-verse song structure, opting for a more experimental approach to composition. In 2004, their debut album, "Ghosts of Tables and Chairs" was released on Omnibus Records. The band toured the US and the UK in support of the album, and the track "Appearances" ended up being used in the U.S. television teen soap opera, The O.C. Their follow-up album, "Waving, Not Drowning" (see Not Waving but Drowning) was released in 2006 on Turn Records. Albums Compilations Citizens Here and Abroad Citizens Here