Band Profile: Swank Motel | See videos and pics, hear new songs + free music

March 6, 2012 0 Comments

…The video above is the track “Birds,” a track contained on the demo of new songs from their upcoming release. There are more below.

Band Bio: An eclectic mix of the turn-of-the century garage rock scene with influences from the sounds of the Kinks to the Stone Roses. Swank has pop songs with distorted vocals, loud guitars, and catchy choruses that will make you wish you knew the words. A band that will definitely have you on your feet.

Here is something I wrote about Swank Motel when I first heard the band in 2010: “Each week living inside the Atlanta music scene is greater than the next. I constantly discover absolutely amazing bands, and Swank Motel is an awesome example. They preside in the ranks of Atlanta’s post-punk garage-indie scene and quite frankly I think they belong near the top. I hear and read their name constantly while doing what I do for beatlanta but to be honest I’ve never taken the time to stop and take a listen, and I haven’t had the pleasure of seeing the band live. Over the past two weeks or so I’ve been listening to what they have on myspace and playing it for my friends and everyone seems to have the same thoughts. Swank Motel is a pummeling of jangly guitars, rugged vocals and steady drums that merge the senses in ways that leave the listener staring blankly, wondering happily at what is occurring and hoping it never ceases.

From the first song to the last I never pulled my ears away. The guitar solos were brazen displays of Strokes like genius and the vocals the same. Swank Motel engineers a sound soaked in talent and determination and you can barely tell they just returned from a two year hiatus. You can tell however, that they have built up an energy that they are ready to release on Atlanta, and you want to be around when they do. Listen to the song “Drop the Drink” for the band’s elite take on fast paced garage sounds…

…and then hear Overdue Acoustic for Swank Motel’s more sensitive side…you’ll be thunderstruck.”

===END 2010 quote

The band came back from another short hiatus late last year and started playing live shows and quickly put out a demo of new songs. The video for “Birds” above and the two below are from a recent show in late 2011. Below you’ll also find the new demo for their upcoming new album. You can stream and download the songs individually. Be sure to head to the band on facebook and press that thumbs up to help spread the word. Also check them out at their soundcloud page for to stream and download even more their music.