{"id":28531,"date":"2018-03-10T17:15:26","date_gmt":"2018-03-10T22:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=28531"},"modified":"2019-05-31T15:56:44","modified_gmt":"2019-05-31T19:56:44","slug":"swoll-share-new-single-shake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=28531","title":{"rendered":"Swoll share new single &#8216;Shake&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, D.C. based band Swoll have shared their new single <em>Shake<\/em>, which is lifted from their\u00a0self-titled debut album out now via Blight Records.\u00a0Swoll is the new electronic project from Matt Dowling. He has previously played bass for a handful of D.C. bands over the last decade: Deleted Scenes. the EFFECTS, Paperhaus, Joy Buttons, to name a few. Swoll&#8217;s self-titled debut album can be pre-ordered now via <a href=\"https:\/\/t.e2ma.net\/click\/z7qgz\/3m9fkn\/n2an1e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bandcamp<\/a>.\u00a0Take a listen to\u00a0<em>Shake<\/em>\u00a0via Soundcloud below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/363706376&amp;color=%23969595&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>About the song, Swoll&#8217;s Matthew Dowling said, <em>&#8220;I wanted Shake to feel both universal and ultra-personal simultaneously. From a universal standpoint, the constant deluge of communication we experience, primarily via news and social media, tends to speak to a universal inability to shake things, the word &#8220;shake&#8221; being used, of course, in the context of letting something go. We kind of can&#8217;t turn off anymore, and with that, we&#8217;re at least a little bit SWOLL with emotions like outrage and disgust (which create lucrative traction in both the news and social media). While certain events clearly warrant outrage and disgust in a principled sense, the question becomes: does every person on the planet have to be aware and to share in that experience of outrage and disgust? In some cases, maybe &#8220;yes,&#8221; in some cases, maybe &#8220;no.&#8221; I don&#8217;t have the answers, but my hunch is that our collective psychology is damaged to some degree by sharing in so much outrage and disgust with a broadness that human beings never could have experienced in real-time in the past.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I desperately needed a way to let go of what felt like a trauma, and I found a way through song. That&#8217;s the beautiful thing about music and art: they provide a mechanism to release in a healthy and meaningful way, whether you&#8217;re the maker or the viewer\/listener. Anyway, I wanted to poke fun the concept of a grudge by confusing the context of the word &#8220;shake,&#8221; which in the dancy\/poppy context provided by the beat, it feels more like the word &#8220;dance.&#8221; So saying &#8220;I cannot shake it&#8221; kind of feels like saying &#8220;I can&#8217;t dance,&#8221; which is somewhat funny. Much like grudge-holding, poor dancing lacks a gracefulness and confidence towards progress. However, you can at least try to dance, even if you suck at it. It&#8217;s embarrassing, but at least you&#8217;re getting somewhere, and that calls for a celebration.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>After the dissolution of Deleted Scenes in 2014, Matthew Dowling bassist of many D.C. bands over the last decade (the EFFECTS, Paperhaus, Joy Buttons)\u00a0started working with Benjamin Schurr (Br&#8217;er\/Blight Records) on a series of sparse, melancholic, yet hook-driven new songs. Utilizing limitations as a compositional tool, the duo focused on a spare sonic palate of old drum machines, bass, baritone guitar and haunting synths. Stylistically, SWOLL marries elements of pop, electro, rock and trap with major emphasis on grooves. Dowling&#8217;s falsetto floats atop chugging bass lines as a stark contrast to the dark growling beats, giving the music both an intimate and powerful presence.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/d31hzlhk6di2h5.cloudfront.net\/20180307\/c6\/8c\/b8\/86\/efa24bf9c7b59b55ca95c685_560x560.jpg?resize=280%2C280\" width=\"280\" height=\"280\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8216;Swoll&#8217; track list<\/strong><br \/>\n1. Back To You<br \/>\n2. Shake<br \/>\n3. Settle Up The Road<br \/>\n4. Budge<br \/>\n5. Stars<br \/>\n6. Snow<br \/>\n7. You&#8217;ve Gone Away<br \/>\n8. Stranger<br \/>\n9. Slow<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Washington, D.C. based band Swoll have shared their new single Shake, which is lifted from their\u00a0self-titled debut album out now via Blight Records.\u00a0Swoll is the <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=28531\" title=\"Swoll share new single &#8216;Shake&#8217;\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28532,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[13,23,28,30],"tags":[7296,7211],"class_list":["post-28531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-electronic-music","category-indie","category-music","category-new-release","tag-shake","tag-swoll"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/c2fdfa9ad9042f14a0a8588f_704x880.jpg?fit=704%2C880","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-7qb","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":28291,"url":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=28291","url_meta":{"origin":28531,"position":0},"title":"Swoll reveal new single &#8216;You&#8217;ve Gone Away&#8217;","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"February 20, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Washington, D.C. based band Swoll will released their self-titled debut album on March 9 via Blight Records. 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