US / THEM: Portland art-pop trio Swansea streaming album in full

Friday, April 28, 2017

Portland art-pop trio Swansea streaming album in full

"Super innovative and ultra catchy. Flaws is unstoppably fun." -- Impose

"Rich, layered, danceable works that continuously evolve off of their initial pivot points. An immediately entrancing cut, 'Gain Their Grace' bursts at the seams with smart turns to keep the grooves and hooks coming on strong not unlike the best Little Dragon has to offer." -- Speak In My Good Eye

"Fun sans guilt -- integrity and attention paid to how they approach synth pop constructs and percussive loops, ear candy that's neither MOR nor disposable." -- Letters From a Tapehead

Portland trio Swansea are streaming their entire sophomore album, Flaws today via Letters From a Tapehead. Hear Flaws in full HERE. And, share via Bandcamp or Soundcloud. All tracks cleared for posting.

TrebleZine recently shared ebullient single "Brighter" HERE, stating, “evokes the pop sensibility of Future Islands with the epic disco pulse of LCD Soundsystem...Increasingly building pop immediacy, big hooks, hypnotic vocals and a melody that sticks around well after the song is over.” The Spill Magazine premiered "Just Like It Used To Be" HERE. Speak In My Good Eye launched "Gain Their Grace" HERE. Impose Magazine kicked off lead track "Red Mittens" HERE.

Swansea formed in 2011 when Portland, Oregon mainstays, musician/actress/writer, Rebecca Sanborn (Loch Lomond, Blue Cranes) and drummer, Ji Tanzer (Blue Cranes, Rebecca Gates) recruited Kansas City multi-instrumentalist/singer Kyleen King to expand the sound of their long standing duo project.

As a trio, in 2012 the group released their first full length album Old Blood and completed multiple tours of the United States. Between 2013-2015, Swansea toured Europe and found significant success in scoring and licensing music for a diverse array of films, including the track & field documentary We Grew Wings (2013), the feature length, multi-award winning dramas Light of Mine (2013), A Standing Still (2014) and Death On A Rock (2015).

With the engineering/production help of John Askew (Neko Case, Wild Flag), Swansea's sophomore album, Flaws is slated for a Spring 2017 release on the Self Group label. Stylistically, Swansea combine artful narrative and atmospheric sweep with a touch of dancey, off-the-cuff toughness, often drawing comparison to LCD Soundsystem, St. Vincent and My Brightest Diamond.

Flaws is available on LP and download on April 28th, 2017 via Bandcamp.