May 2009//Kevin Brown's Videos:
Death Rock Dive Bar@the Stork Club
924 gilman street//2007//video: sickdog
February 2008//Kevin Brown's videos//924 Gilman Street
Halloween 2008/Death Rock Dive Bar/video:oaklandopolis
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Swann Danger began as a two piece in Spring 2002 with Andy taking on bass, drum machine + sampler duties and Cynthia on vocals and guitar. Both were members of the band Heart of Snow, which put out an EP on GSL and broke up by early 2002. In 2003 Swann Danger released a self titled EP on their own Custody NIght School label, which was later released on vinyl through Release the Bats records in Sweden. The band toured Europe in the summer of 2005 and played shows up and down the west coast as well as in New York City.
Their full length album “Deep North” was recorded down in Los Angeles with Robert “Joey” Perales replacing the drum machine. The album was recorded by Pete Lyman (Infrasonic Sound) and Skot Brown (Kempton House) and released on Custody Night School in the early half of 2007.
In April 2007, Jim Andersen (Needles, Year Future) joined the band on drums.
The band toured Europe in the summer of 2007 behind the vinyl release of “Deep North” on Cul-de-Sac Komitee (Germany), as well as a west coast tour.
In 2008, a second EP was released on CDr and later vinyl and more touring ensued.
New songs have been recorded and Swann Danger are looking at releasing another full length record as well as continuing to tour in the US and Europe.
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“This Oakland trio comes off as a metallic version of early Killing Joke, with a vocalist who sounds like she learned her craft from Siouxsie Sioux and Sabbath Bloody Sabbath…”
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Z GUN, No 3
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“Swann Danger is a trio from Oakland that plays dark, heavy, pretty, minimal rock. Sorta sounds like SIOUXSIE singing for SWANS and that’s pretty great as far as I’m concerned…..Two-thirds of the band also played in HEART OF SNOW …”
(MU)
MAXIMUM ROCKNROLL, issue311
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“After a few years as a drum-machine backed two=piece, Andy Zevallos and Cynthia Mansourian have joined forces with Jim Andersen (former drummer of The Pattern and Year Future) to make an extraordinary EP of dark post-rock. Possibly the best song on the record is the haunting “Siren Song” which shows off Andy’s talents on the bass and Cynthia’s rich vocals to their fullest. Backed by just a tambourine, the bass sounds like Three Mile Pilot’s Zac at his finger - picking best. The minimal pounding of the last track, “Thin and Gold”, uses space and delay just as effectively as the opening track “You Were Down” uses relentless and almost breathless pounding. In addition to the bass, drums and heavily effected guitar, there’s all these weird little shimmers and buzzes floating around in the background of the songs, like gothic insects.
Recommended.”
AQUARIUS RECORDS
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Swann Danger Releases:
Swann Danger “self titled II” EP/CDR, released 11/2008, Custody Night School//
Swann Danger “Deep North” LP, released 06/2007, Cul-de-Sac Komitee//
Swann Danger “Deep North” CD, released 04/2007, Custody Night School//
Swann Danger/ Holy Kiss split 7”, released 2006, Kill Shaman Records//
Swann Danger “self titled” EP, released 06/2005, Release the Bats//
Swann Danger”self titled” CD, released 06/2003, Custody Night School
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Compilations:
Radio Resistencia, 2009, Enfant Terrible unlimited//
Dots to Connect: the music of the Prids, 2009, Five 03 Records//
New Dark Age, vol. 3, 2006, Stroblight Records//
Golden Grouper, vol. 1, 2005, Gold Standard Labratories
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Living Under the Shadow of the Nuclear Umbrella
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