SWMRS Share New Music Video for 'Lose It'; Announce N.A. Co-Headline Tour
By: Caryn Robbins Aug. 10, 2017
Bay Area quartet SWMRS today released a new music video for "Lose It", off their critically acclaimed debut album Drive North. Shot in the band's hometown of Oakland, CA, the clip was directed by singer/guitarist Cole Becker. Watch the video HERE.
Last week, SWMRS announced a North American co-headline tour with Los Angeles ska-punk band The Interrupters that will kick off on October 13th in Seattle, WA and wrap on December 17th in Denver, CO. Sharp Shock will provide support on the West coast leg of the tour, and The Regrettes will provide support on the tour's East coast leg. Tickets for the tour are on sale now and are available HERE.
SWMRS wrapped a US tour supporting labelmates All Time Low earlier this week. Later this month they will perform in Japan for the first time, appearing at Summer Sonic in Osaka and Tokyo. Next month the band will embark on a tour of the UK and Europe with support from The Regrettes. In February, SWMRS will support Rise Against on a tour of Australia and New Zealand. A complete list of upcoming live dates and ticket information can be found HERE.
Last fall, Fueled By Ramen (home to Twenty One Pilots, Panic! At The Disco, Paramore, and many more) re-released SWMRS' debut album Drive North. The re-released version of the album includes re-mastered versions of the original release's 12 tracks and new songs "Lose It" and "Palm Trees". Drive North is available now digitally HERE and physically HERE.
Praised for "defining the sound of now" in Rolling Stone's Best New Artists 2016 feature, SWMRS originally released Drive North in February via their own Uncool Records. Noisey announced the release and premiered the album's lead single "Figuring It Out" praising the track as a "poppy foot-tapper filled with skate-gang vocals."Nylon premiered the band's video for the track, which was directed by fellow Bay Area artist Kreayshawn. Watch it HERE. SWMRS made their network television debut, performing the song on CBS's The Late Late Show with James Corden.
Produced by FIDLAR frontman Zac Carper, Drive North also features the band's debut single "Miley" which i-D Magazine premiered last fall, hailing the song as "the most punk tribute to Miley Cyrus ever." The band's DIY music video for the track can be seen HERE. Album opener, "Harry Dean" is an abridged version of a previously 17-minute epic the band originally recorded to soundtrack Saint Laurent Paris's Spring/Summer 2016 presentation, earning them praise from fashion publications like WWD and Interview Magazine.
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w/ Sharp Shock
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w/ The Regrettes
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October 13 - Seattle, WA - El Corazon
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November 30 - Chicago, IL - House of Blues**
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October 14 - Portland, OR - Analog
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December 1 - Detroit, MI - Magic Stick
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October 15 - Boise, ID - Knitting Factory
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December 2 - Toronto, ONT - Opera House
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October 16 - Salt Lake City, UT - The Complex
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December 3 - Montreal QUE - Club Soda
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October 18 - Las Vegas, NV - Club Vinyl
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December 5 - Rochester, NY - Montage Music Hall
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October 19 - Mesa, AZ - Nile Theatre
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December 7 - Boston, MA - Paradise
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October 21 - Santa Barbara, CA - Velvet Jones
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December 8 - Washington, DC - Black Cat
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October 22 - Anaheim, CA - Observatory
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December 9 - New York, NY - Irving Plaza
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October 24 - Fresno, CA - Strummers*
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December 10 - Philadelphia, PA - TLA
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October 25 - Sacramento, CA - Holy Diver
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December 12 - Pittsburgh, PA - The Rex
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October 26 - Santa Cruz, CA - The Catalyst
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December 13 - Cleveland, OH - Agora Ballroom
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October 27 - Los Angeles, CA - The Fonda
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December 15 - St. Louis, MO - Delmar Hall
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October 28 - Berkeley, CA - UC Theatre^
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December 16 - Lawrence, KS - The Bottleneck
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October 29 - San Diego, CA - House of Blues
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December 17 - Denver, CO - The Summit
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*No Interrupters, ^No Sharp Shock, **No Regrettes
About SWMRS There's never been a punk band like SWMRS, the Oakland quartet that combines the caustic broadsides of The Clash, the amphetamine bubblegum of the Ramones, and the searing lyrics, propulsive energy, and raw honesty of Public Enemy, Frank Ocean, A Tribe Called Quest and Kurt Cobain. Formed after the dissolution of their previous band, Emily's Army, the childhood friends (Cole Becker, lead vocals, rhythm guitar; Max Becker, lead vocals, lead guitar; Joey Armstrong, drums, backing vocals; and Sebastian Mueller, bass, backing vocals) showcase telepathic chemistry on their formal debut, "Drive North." Produced by Zac Carper of FIDLAR, it's suffused with coming of age jams, subversive anthems to Miley Cyrus, and a sense of freedom forged out of modern-day confusion. The guitars draw blood, the drums detonate, the voice is unique-the sound is timeless. Originally released on the band's own Uncool Records, Drive North was re-released by Fueled By Ramen in October 2016.
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