News It’s 2018 and we love Swearin’ (new west coast tour dates this August with Mike Krol!) April 18, 2018

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You know who rules? The rock band Swearin’, composed of Allison Crutchfield, Kyle Gilbride, Jeff Bolt, and Amanda Bartley. We just watched them play their first shows in three years (opening for Superchunk on a tour around the northeast), and it was like they haven’t skipped a beat!

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Hey kid… wanna hear some cool news? We just SIGNED Swearin’! You heard right: there’s new music ahead for the foursome. On behalf of Swearin’, here’s what Gilbride had to say about “getting the band back together”:

If time were real, it would have healed our wounds, but it’s not, so we decided to make a rock record. And to make one the way we always have! Quickly, at home, and for no one in particular.

Fortunately for us, Merge hadn’t dismissed us as an oddity from earlier in the decade and said, “sup with that record?”

And with their help, we’ve been reintroduced to polite society.

Sometimes a band takes on a life of its own, and it seems this one came back to us when it was ready, and in its new form, to stay for the foreseeable future.

With this announcement, we’re psyched to share news of a joint Swearin’ / Mike Krol west coast tour happening this August, with tickets on sale Friday at 10am PT.

Stick around and follow Swearin’ on Facebook (perhaps Crutchfield on Instagram, too, while you’re at it) and your preferred digital music service, because there’s plenty left to suss for 2018!

Swearin’ on tour:

Aug 01 San Diego, CA – Space Bar*

Aug 02 Los Angeles, CA – Highland Park Ebell Club*

Aug 03 San Jose, CA – The Ritz*

Aug 05 Seattle, WA – Chop Suey*

Aug 06 Vancouver, BC – Fox Cabaret*

Aug 07 Portland, OR – Doug Fir*

Aug 09 San Francisco, CA – Rickshaw Stop*

Aug 10 Fresno, CA – Strummer’s*

Aug 11 Pioneertown, CA – Pappy and Harriet’s*

Sep 05 Baltimore, MD – Ottobar^

Sep 06 Richmond, VA – Strange Matter^

*w/ Mike Krol

^w/ Ought