Swordfish is the debut studio album by New Zealand pop musician Merk released on 18 November 2016 by Dew Process and Flying Out.

[3][4] His fourth single off the album "Ash & Sand" was released just on his SoundCloud similar to his first.

[5] Swordfish was then released on 18 November in CD, digital download, and limited run cassette tape formats.

"[8] Perkins describes "Lucky Dilemma" as being about "the paradox of choice - sometimes we have so many options it's crippling instead of empowering.

"[9] Merk stated it took him about six months to record the album and that he made five alternate versions to every song.