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Band Of The Month- The Swellers

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I have to say I'm impressed. For March my band of the month is a band that I haven't even been listening to for very long. I feel it's a good fit for the first band of the month post.

The Swellers were a melodic punk/emo band from Flint Michigan that formed in 2002 and performed their last show on May 1st, 2015. During their time touring they played alongside some great bands such as Four Year Strong, The Blackout, Polar Bear Club, and Anarbor. They've got a lot of heart to them, and I thoroughly enjoyed binging their discography recently. I feel like every album is consistent yet distinguished from one another, and can draw some similarities that bands such as Joyce Manor may have taken influence from later on. They definitely have their place in the scene with bands that they played with. Some songs that stand out to me are:

Fire Away
By A Thread
Call It A Night
The Best I Ever Had
Big Hearts



The Light Under Closed Doors

Perhaps it's a bit of my sentimentality, but The Light Under Closed Doors really feels like the most emotional and fulfilled album they made after reading this article written by their drummer in 2014 and going back through this gem beginning to end. I guess they never really were a huge band, but that doesn't take away from their greatness by any means.




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