Michigan based punk rock kings, The Swellers, have announced they will return to the UK this November to support Young Guns on twelve dates of their nationwide tour, including a London show at Camden’s Electric Ballroom on December 3. This follows the band’s triumphant debut UK performances on the Give It A Name Introduces tour in spring. The band are also set to release new single ‘Sleeper’ on November 22, it’s the second single to be taken from album ‘Ups and Downsizing’ which was released in April.
The band, who received a nomination for ‘Best International Newcomer’ at this year’s Kerrang! Awards, were formed in 2002 by brothers Nick and Jonathan Diener (vocals and drums). The Swellers have played on extensive tours across America, including supports with Paramore, Less Than Jake, Four Year Strong and Motion City Soundtrack, along with two stints on the Vans Warped Tour.
Having moulded their sound of hard-edged, yet accessible punk, the band released their first EP ‘Beginning of The End Again’ in the U.S in 2005 and followed with their critically acclaimed first full-length album ‘My Everest’ in 2007. ‘Ups and Downsizing’ earnt the band fantastic reviews. Kerrang! magazine said “Ups and Downsizing is certainly not short of catchy hooks, it’s a record with melancholy heart...” (4K’s), whilst Rock Sound proclaimed “…this is a fist-pumping, lungs bellowing, socially aware juggernaut of an album” (9/10).
UK dates with Young Guns as follows:
November
Tues 23 Leeds Cockpit [link]
Wed 24 Birmingham HMV Institute [link]
Thurs 25 Norwich Arts Centre [link]
Fri 26 York Fibbers [link]
Sat 27 Newcastle O2 Academy 2 [link]
Sun 28 Carlisle Brickyard [link]
Tues 30 Glasgow Garage [link]
December
Wed 1 Preston 53 Degrees [link]
Thurs 2 Manchester Academy 2 [link]
Fri 3 London Electric Ballroom [link]
Sat 4 Brighton Concorde 2 [link]
Sun 5 Cardiff Millenium Music Hall [link]
The Swellers are: Nick Diener (vocals/guitar), Jonathan Diener (drummer/ backing vocals), Ryan Collins (guitar) and Anto Boros (bass/backing vocals).
