ABOUT

“Sinister and seductive, the Swayback’s sound – Eric Halborg’s throbbing bass and vampiric croon, Martijn Bolster’s taut rhythms, the brooding guitar of William Murphy-recalls the Velvet Underground if they were forced to share a jail cell with a codeine-addled Danzig and fed a steady diet of Factory Record remixes” - Spin Magazine

“Rock music is a lot like a cup of coffee: Some like it as strong as The Stooges, or dark like Joy Division. The Swayback takes it both ways-usually at the same time. The Denver act revs up the same sort of swagger that’s floated around local rock clubs since well, forever but instead of reveling in trashy garage-punk sleaze-gasms The Swayback cuts it with a healthy dose of art-school gloom. Both sides are essential to the band’s long-awaited debut, Long Gone Lads. Even when languishing in acoustic, rainy-day sulkers like “Just Like The Old Days” the disc is more dangerous than Interpol’s sweatiest nightmare. And when it kicks out the jams on “Concrete Blocks” the trio’s command of atmosphere is far more sophisticated that your average Motor City wannabes” - The Onion

“Long Gone Lads is absolutely stunning from start to finish, both from a songwriting and production standpoint.” - Westword

SUPPORTING LOVE HOPE STRENGTH

The Swayback performed during a Love Hope Strength marrow drive at the KeyBank Grand Opening in Westminster Colorado in February 2011.