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Swound!
First off; the demo version of 'What's Your Poison?' found it's way into the hands of various Radio 1 DJs who hammered the track over the airwaves. Swound! were featured as 'Fresh Meat' on the Zane Lowe show and received praise and airplay from Steve Lamacq on several of his radio shows. Rob Da Bank declared Swound! as his top tip for the year and they later recorded a session at BBC Maida Vale Studios. The freshly produced, meatier new version of 'What's Your Poison?' is now getting it's full release on October 13th 2008, along with national tour dates. Bizarrely the first of Swound!'s gigs was supporting Girls Aloud at a Nottingham University party. Swound! have since played with Madness, The Stranglers, Kasabian, Hard-Fi, Girls Aloud, Future of the Left, The Crimea, Los Campesinos and Alphabeat. There's something in the water on the Isle Of Man that encourages
a little lunacy. The Staszkiewicz brothers grew up next door to comedian
Norman Wisdom, as well as John Rhys Davies who played Gimli the dwarf
from Lord Of The Rings. Norman would tell tales of his youth and pretend
to trip over his feet on request and the dwarf would practice with his
axe in the back garden, either as training for the film or for something
more sinister. The brothers developed a taste for TV stardom when the
eldest brothers, Tom and Joe, appeared on the game show Bargain Hunt.
They won by buying a vintage slot machine and a silver kettle. Leather
faced presenter David Dickinson said he was a big fan of the Swound!
demos. Rowan reached the dizzying heights of fame when he made it through
to the final three on The Weakest Link after giving Anne Robinson a
rendition of Swound!'s Disco Siberia. Anne called Rowan "gorgeous"
on numerous occasions. They didn't date. Myspace
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Swound
Press release: Hello Future, our name is Swound!. Four brothers
from the Isle Of Man whose propensity for zombie b-movies and sick sci-fi,
plus a shared genetic hyperactivity disorder, marry perfectly with their
boisterous technicoloured alt-punk and rabble rousing shows. Growing
up on the staple family diet of Cable, early Green Day and Devo, the
band went from three brothers to four when the previous drummer left
three weeks before a support slot with Madness. Youngest brother Lloyd
jumped in, learnt the drums in this short time, saved the day and became
a permanent fixture. The Staszkiewiczs headed to Nottingham where they
were signed to Stressed Sumo Records co-owned by Neil Cooper of the
band Therapy? and Swound!'s favourite band Cable. Together they made
this, their debut album, with the producer of Cable's seminal Sublingual
album Paul Tipler. Tipler has also recorded breakthrough albums for
Placebo, The 80s Matchbox B-Line Disaster, ¡Forward Russia! Reuben
and Idlewild. Swound! are next in line.