Album Review

Swound! - Into The SeaSwound! – Into The Sea

Just before Xmas Swound! Were busy on the road supporting Electric Six and I happened to go along to one of the shows and thought that Swound! Proper nailed it on the live circuit so to say that I have been waiting for their debut album ‘Into The Sea’ is an understatement, the album is finally due for release on the 5th March through the bands own label The Grelmin Corporation and after listening to it many times over I can really see it help launch this band of brothers further to stardom.

‘Into The Sea’ is a really fun sounding album which is packed with 12 fun and uplifting songs, the album runs for just under 40minutes and whilst listening to it you will find yourself feeling extremely cheerful and also thinking back to those days of when you were a child as the album has a big retro feel which comes across amazingly fun and happy.

The album opens with ‘Your Kids Are Gonna Love It’ a short yet randomly crafted song that pushes geek rock to the limit, seriously Swound! Have come together and kicked off with one of the most perfect opening songs I have heard on an album in a long time, the song is extremely unpredictable, see’s the band talking about time travel and has enough groove for you to want to get your dancing shoes on and bounce along to in a moment of frenzy.

‘Big Trouble’ opens with some fantastic guitar riffs whilst Joe Staszkiewicz comes in seconds later with his weezer-esque vocals and moments later the whole band come in with backing vocals of “big trouble, big big trouble”, the song is extremely melodic and a song which pretty much everyone can relate to as let’s be honest we have all been in trouble before and some of us are still getting in trouble.

‘Tokyo’ is one big sing-a-long song and after listening to it a couple of times it has given me the urge to jet off to ‘Tokyo’ as the song is so fun sounding which has now gave me the impression that Toyko is just as fun.

‘If Only I Could’ is lyrically a great track which once again a lot of people can relate to with the opening lyrics of “I have a two litre bottle of Dr Pepper, it’s Friday night and the world is at my feet, there’s just one little thing that’s bugging me, why am I sitting here mix tapes of Dawn Of The Dead, why do I even care”, as we have all had those comfy sofa nights in when there are various parties to be had elsewhere.

‘Oh No!’ is another solid track which has a solid radio friendly feel running through it with the mix of full on guitar riffs, constant drum beats and Joe’s near spoken word vocals in places and not to forget the rest of the band who chip in with random vocal sounds.

If you happened to hear the band’s current single ‘In My Head’ and you like it then you really need to give Into The Sea’ a listen as ‘In My Head’ is a great track but there are another 11 track tracks featured on the album which easily match the greatness of the single. If you are keen on bands like The Xcerts, Weezer and even earlier Brand New material then I am sure that Swound! Are that new band that you have been looking for and I know for sure won’t be putting this album down for a very long time.

5/5

Review by Trigger

 Band Members

Joe Staszkiewicz
Tom Staszkiewicz
Rowan Staszkiewicz
Lloyd Staszkiewicz
 Track Listing
1. Your Kids Are Gonna Love It
2. Big Trouble
3. In My Head
4. Tokyo
5. Everybody Hates Her
6. If Only I Could
7. Oh No!
8. When The Spaceship Lands
9. Physics Makes Us Strong
10. Physics Makes Us Strong
11. Mean People Suck
12. Into The Sea
 Band Related Links
Swound! Facebook
 Review Score Code
- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
- What Was That?