"No nonsense, big songs. That is exactly our plan," says Nick Diener of Flint, MI’s rock powerhouseTHE SWELLERS about the direction they're taking on their new EP Running Out Of Places To Go which comes out October 16, 2012 via Snowbird Songs. In anticipation of the release of the EP, the band will be offering presale bundles starting today and are releasing the track "Making Waves" on their website,www.theswellers.com.
Currently on the road with Strung Out, which kicked off this weekend and wraps up October 5th in Anaheim, CA (they are playing Pensacola, FL's Vinyl Music Hall tomorrow night), The Swellers are still reeling from their slot supporting one of their favorite bands. "I play music for the 'what the f***?!' moments that I'll always remember. Getting to tour with Strung Out right now is one of them," Nick explains. "Two days in, I already got to sing a No Use For A Name song onstage with Strung Out as the backing band. WTF?!"
Once this tour commences, the band will headline a string of dates in Australia before returning to the US for another round of dates. "We're bringing out some great friends/our favorite new bands Diamond Youth andPentimento," he says. "Sometimes when we hear about bands bringing out other bands, we wonder if it's one of those 'Oh, we owe this agent a favor,' or 'We had to take out this band,' or 'They paid money to be on a tour,' or 'They suck but are worth a lot of tickets' situations... No. Not us. We picked these bands for good hangs and great music we want to hear every night." (tour dates below).
"Loud guitars and big drums have always been our thing," Nick explains about Running Out Of Places To Go. "It feels awesome to have made such a great sounding bunch of songs on our own." From the getgo with the hugely infectious powerpop stunner "Hands," the band's renewed excitement is palpable. "That song came about very organically," Nick explains. "The guitars were cleaner sounding, my vocals start off in a lower register... both things that are not very characteristic of us. But our mindset for this EP was 'if it sounds good, record it.' No outside opinions, no pressure. Once the chorus kicks in, it's a pretty unmistakable Swellers melody. The lyrics are pretty punk, too. One of our favorite songs we've ever written together." The enthusiasm spills over to the next four tracks, from the machine gun attack of "Let Me In", to the anthemic "Bad For Me" to the soaring title track, Running Out Of Places To Go is the sound of a band who's returning to their musical roots and merging it with everything they've learned over the last decade. "Fronting the money to press our own records since we aren't on a label right now was a pretty big throwback to how we did things when we were starting out ten years ago," he says. "Every element involved in making this EP happen comes from a very grassroots, punk rock place."
Running Out Of Places To Go was produced by Mark Michalik and will be released via Snowbird Songs on October 16, 2012.. The Swellers is Nick Diener (vocals/guitar), Jonathan Diener (drums), Ryan Collins (guitar) and Anto Boros(bass).
THE SWELLERS ON TOUR | |
w/ Strung Out | Oct 03 Slim’s San Francisco, CA w/ Diamond Youth and Pentimento |
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