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The City That Never
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The City That Never
Released: Jul 9, 2008
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General Info

  • Genre: Alternative / Rock

    Location Atlanta, Un

    Profile Views: 243795

    Last Login: 4/24/2012

    Member Since 6/10/2004

    Website theswear.com

    Type of Label Unsigned

  • Bio

    The Swear is an Atlanta-based rock band led by award-winning songwriter Elizabeth Elkins. Driven by a punk work ethic, the band has played hundreds of shows across the United States since its beginnings in 2005, and has released two records. The band's songs have been on many television shows, including Smallville, Rescue Me and Jersey Shore. Mixing influences from Courtney Love to Morrissey, Alkaline Trio to Muse, The Swear create dark power-pop songs that read like great literature. Brooklyn's Resonator Magazine said, "theirs is one of the greatest rock records released by an Atlanta band. It's an album of death and passion, full of ringing violence and gorgeous melodies. It's edgy rawness balanced by pop perfection from a band that should be considered rock's new great hope." Warped Tour veterans The Swear have also played BMI showcases in Nashville and Los Angeles, and have showcased at CMJ, Chicago's Mobfest, Austin's RedGorilla, Texas Rockfest and SXSW (where Elizabeth, a Grand Prize winner of the John Lennon Songwriting Contest, was a part of the Billboard/BMI brunch). Over the last year, the band has been hard at work writing songs for and recording a new EP, tentatively titled "Gold and Hymns and Hell." The band's EP "Every Trick's A Good One" (produced by Russ-T Cobb; mastered by Howie Weinberg) and LP "Hotel Rooms and Heart Attacks" (produced by Matt Goldman, Ted Niceley and Jeff Tomei; mixed by Eli Janney and mastered by Howie Weinberg) are available on iTunes worldwide.

  • Members

    Elizabeth Elkins, Kevin Williams, Jeremy Zamora, Alex Grieco

  • Influences

    Punk rock like Sex Pistols, Guns 'N' Roses and Social Distortion for the attitude, great songwriters like Paul Simon, Morrissey/Marr and Billy Joel for the hooks and melodies.

  • Sounds Like

    The Distillers, Alkaline Trio, Hole

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