Swearin'
{{short description|Philadelphia-based alternative rock band}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2024}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Swearin'
| image = File:Allison Crutchfield onstage (2017).jpg
| landscape = yes
| caption = Allison Crutchfield onstage, 2017
| origin = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
| genre = Indie rock, punk
| years_active = 2012–2015, 2017-present
| label = Salinas Records, Merge Records
| associated_acts = P.S. Eliot, Waxahatchee, The Ackleys, Bad Banana, Dear Marje, Allison Crutchfield, Radiator Hospital
| current_members = Allison Crutchfield
Kyle Gilbride
Jeff Bolt
| past_members = Keith Spencer
}}
Swearin' is a Philadelphia-based musical group made up of singer/guitarist Allison Crutchfield, singer/guitarist Kyle Gilbride, bassist Keith Spencer and drummer Jeff Bolt.{{Cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/swearin-mn0002981771/biography|title=Swearin' {{!}} Biography & History|last=Thomas|first=Fred|website=AllMusic|access-date=January 21, 2017}} They released two albums and an EP.{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/2906272-Swearin|title=Swearin'|website=Discogs|language=en|access-date=January 21, 2017}} The band split in 2015 and Crutchfield embarked on a solo career. In November 2017, Swearin' announced that they had reunited and would go on tour in support of Superchunk in 2018.{{Cite web |url=http://thekey.xpn.org/2017/11/08/swearin-getting-back-together-touring-superchunk-next-spring/ |title=Swearin' is getting back together and touring with Superchunk next spring - The Key |last=Hojsak |first=Sarah |date=November 8, 2017 |website=The Key |language=en-US |access-date=February 27, 2018}}
History
Born in 1989, Allison Crutchfield and her twin sister Katie Crutchfield formed their first musical group, the Ackleys, in their native Alabama in 2004.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/02/arts/music/allison-and-katie-crutchfield-twins-go-separate-ways.html|title=Allison and Katie Crutchfield, Twins, Go Separate Ways|last=Caramanica|first=Jon|date=August 30, 2012|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=January 21, 2017}}{{Cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/features/rising/9045-waxahatchee/|title=Waxahatchee|last=Jenn|first=Pelly|date=January 24, 2013|website=pitchfork.com|access-date=January 21, 2017}} They recorded one self-titled album and an EP, Forget Forget, Derive Derive.{{Cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-ackleys-mn0001443134/biography|title=The Ackleys {{!}} Biography & History|last=Apar|first=Corey|website=AllMusic|access-date=January 21, 2017}} After three years, they formed the band P.S. Eliot in 2007 and released two albums, Introverted Romance In Our Troubled Minds (2009),{{Cite web|url=https://teamreasonable.wordpress.com/2010/09/25/review-p-s-eliot-introverted-romance-in-our-troubled-minds/|title=P.S. Eliot – Introverted Romance In Our Troubled Minds|last=Kelly|first=Joe|date=September 25, 2010|website=Team Reasonable|access-date=January 21, 2017}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=P.S.+Eliot|title=Robert Christgau: CG: P.S. Eliot|website=www.robertchristgau.com|access-date=January 21, 2017}} and Sadie (2011) both on Salinas Records.{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/PS-Eliot-Sadie/release/3116807|title=P.S. Eliot - Sadie|website=Discogs|language=en|access-date=January 21, 2017}} They disbanded in 2011,{{Cite web|url=http://pseliot.blogspot.co.uk/|title=p.s. eliot|website=pseliot.blogspot.co.uk|access-date=January 21, 2017}} and Allison Crutchfield moved to New York where she formed Swearin' with Kyle Gilbride, previously of Big Soda. Katie Crutchfield remained in Alabama and performed solo under the name Waxahatchee.{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/features/rising/9045-waxahatchee/|title=Rising: Waxahatchee|last=Pelly|first=Jenn|work=Pitchfork.com|accessdate=December 29, 2013}} Both groups would often tour together.
Swearin' recorded a demo EP, What a Dump, in 2011.[http://www.salinasrecords.com/release/swearin/what-a-dump-12-/ What a Dump], Salinas Records They released their debut album Swearin' on Salinas Records in 2012, followed by Surfing Strange in 2013.{{cite web|last=Pelly|first=Jenn|title=Swearin' Announce New Album, Surfing Strange|url=http://pitchfork.com/news/51939-swearin-announce-new-album-strange-surfing/|work=Pitchfork Media|accessdate=September 19, 2013}} Salinas released What a Dump in 2014.
File:Swearin' Live 6-17-2012 At Sweat It Fest, Rock Hill, SC by Will Butler.jpg
Band members Allison Crutchfield, Kyle Gilbride and Keith Spencer all contributed to Waxahatchee's second studio album, Cerulean Salt (2013).
In February 2015, Swearin' broke up, with band members Allison Crutchfield and Kyle Gilbride ending their relationship that same year.{{Cite news|url=http://www.stereogum.com/featured/shadows-and-light-allison-crutchfield-forges-ahead/|title=Allison Crutchfield Tourist In This Town Interview|date=January 18, 2017|newspaper=Stereogum|access-date=January 21, 2017}} Crutchfield toured with her sister's band throughout the year while working on new material.{{Cite news|url=http://observer.com/2017/01/allison-crutchfield-solo-album-tourist-in-this-town/|title=How Self-Empowerment Inspired Allison Crutchfield's Bold Solo Album|last=Joffe|first=Justin|date=January 24, 2017|newspaper=Observer|language=en-US|access-date=January 28, 2017}} She signed to Merge Records in July 2016 and embarked on a solo tour in October of that year.{{Cite web|url=http://www.mergerecords.com/allison-crutchfield-joins-the-merge-family|title=Allison Crutchfield joins the Merge family, new album out in 2017|website=www.mergerecords.com|access-date=January 28, 2017}}
In January 2017, Crutchfield released a solo album, Tourist in This Town, produced by Jeff Zeigler.{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2017/01/19/510437000/first-listen-allison-crutchfield-tourist-in-this-town|title=First Listen: Allison Crutchfield, 'Tourist In This Town'|last=Snapes|first=Laura|date=January 19, 2017|website=NPR.org|access-date=January 21, 2017}} She described the record as "visceral, and a huge part of me processing these changes that I was going through". The album was preceded by the single "I Don't Ever Wanna Leave California".{{Cite news|url=http://www.stereogum.com/1919446/allison-crutchfield-i-dont-ever-wanna-leave-california-video/video/|title=Allison Crutchfield – "I Don't Ever Wanna Leave California" Video|date=January 12, 2017|newspaper=Stereogum|access-date=January 28, 2017}}
In July 2018 Swearin’ announced their first new album in five years, Fall Into the Sun, would be released on Merge Records with single “Grow Into a Ghost”.
Discography
- What a Dump - Salinas Records, 12" EP, MP3 (2011)
- Swearin' - Salinas Records, 12" LP, CD, MP3 (2012)
- Surfing Strange - Salinas Records, 12" LP, CD, MP3 (2013)
- Fall Into the Sun - Merge Records, 12" LP, CD, MP3 (2018){{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/swearin-announce-first-new-album-in-5-years-share-new-song-listen/|title=Swearin' Announce First New Album in 5 Years, Share New Song: Listen|work=Pitchfork|last=Wicks|first=Amanda|date=July 24, 2018|accessdate=July 25, 2018}}
References
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Category:Musical groups established in 2012
Category:Musical groups from Philadelphia
Category:Wichita Recordings artists