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From Friday 02 September 2016

LIVE: Reading Festival 2016 [Friday]

Donning unnecessary rain jackets and an excitable enthusiasm, we were once again on hand to catch the action at this year’s Reading Festival. Boasting another varied line-up across the event’s ever-increasing number of stages, the team dipped and dived through tens of thousands of punters to catch some of

Sunday 19 June 2016

SWMRS reveal ‘I’m Afraid To Go Home’ tour documentary

Californian outfit SWMRS have unveiled a short tour documentary, ‘I’m Afraid To Go Home’. The film follows the ‘Drive North’ punks as they journey from their home-state across Texas. ‘I’m Afraid To Go Home’ arrives as the band confirm US dates alongside FIDLAR. Read what we made of ‘Drive North’ in

Wednesday 01 June 2016

Listen to SWMRS in session with BBC Radio 1

Californian four-piece SWMRS recently performed live in session for Annie Mac on BBC Radio 1. The band played two tracks from their excellent debut full-length, ‘Drive North‘, as well as a cover of MIA’s ‘Paper Planes’. SWMRS were in town for a handful of headline shows and

Wednesday 24 February 2016

SWMRS announce UK tour around The Great Escape

SWMRS are venturing over to the UK for a run of dates around their appearance at The Great Escape in Brighton. The band will be playing tracks from their brilliant debut ‘Drive North’, which we called “an accompaniment to one of the weirdest, most exhilarating trips of

Thursday 11 February 2016

SWMRS reveal video for ‘Figuring It Out’

SWMRS release their debut full-length, ‘Drive North’, tomorrow. If you don’t know it yet, it’s excellent. With that release just around the corner, the Californian four-piece have unveiled the video for ‘Figuring It Out’. The track was originally revealed last year. The record is also streaming in

Sunday 07 February 2016

SWMRS – ‘Drive North’

Californian four-piece SWMRS have come a long way since their Emily’s Army days, a venture that saw them don matching outfits for a somewhat kitsch appearance at Reading and Leeds Festival a few years back. ‘Drive North’, their debut full-length in their latest incarnation, is a new beast. The

Saturday 06 February 2016

SWMRS stream ‘Drive North’ in full

SWMRS are streaming their Zac Carper produced album in full, a week ahead of release. Having already revealed a number of tracks from the record, including the brilliantly brash ‘Miley’, ‘Drive North’ features twelve tracks by the Californian garage-punks. The record will

Saturday 30 January 2016

SWMRS share forthcoming album title track, ‘Drive North’

SWMRS have unveiled the title track for their forthcoming ‘Drive North’ debut full-length. Appearing online on Friday 29th January, it follows ‘Figuring It Out’ and ‘Miley’ as cuts from their Zac Carper or FIDLAR produced record. ‘Drive North’ will be available from the 12th February via the band’s own Uncool

Friday 20 November 2015

Swmrs love Miley Cyrus, FIDLAR and figuring it all out

Swmrs might annoy you. I think that became immediately evident when witnessing their Emily’s Army incarnation at Reading Fest last year, all in matching outfits. Matching outfits? Not very rock and roll right. Then they decided to re-brand, lose the Emily’s Army moniker and come back as Swmrs (where are

Monday 09 November 2015

SWMRS unveil new track, ‘Figuring It Out’

We’re big fans here at Punktastic of Swmrs evolution in sound from Emily’s Army to their most recent release, ‘Miley’. Continuing their skate meets surf, Swmrs new track ‘Figuring It Out’ is another brilliant showcase of things to come. The track will appear on the band’s ‘Drive North’ LP, produced