Swearin'

Swearin'
Origin Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
Genres Alternative, Emo
Years active 2012–2015
Labels Salinas Records, Merge Records
Associated acts P.S. Eliot, Waxahatchee, The Ackleys, Bad Banana, Dear Marje, Allison Crutchfield
Members Allison Crutchfield
Kyle Gilbride
Keith Spencer
Jeff Bolt

Swearin' was a Philadelphia-based musical group made up of Allison Crutchfield, singer/guitarist Kyle Gilbride, bassist Keith Spencer and drummer Jeff Bolt.[1] They released two albums and an EP.[2] The band split in 2015 and Crutchfield embarked on a solo career.

Biography

Born in 1989, Allison Crutchfield and her twin sister Katie first formed the Ackleys in their native Alabama in 2004.[3][4] They recorded one self-titled album and an EP "Forget Forget, Derive Derive".[5] After three years, they formed the band P.S. Eliot in 2007 and released two albums, Introverted Romance In Our Troubled Minds (2009),[6][7] and Sadie (2011) both on Salinas Records.[8] They disbanded in 2011,[9] and Allison Crutchfield moved to New York where she formed Swearin' with Kyle Gilbride, previously of Big Soda.[1] Kate Crutchfield remained in Alabama and performed solo under the name Waxahatchee.[10] Both groups would often tour together.[11]

Their first release was a demo EP entitled What a Dump, released in 2011.[12] In 2012, they released their debut album Swearin'. In 2013, they released their second album, Surfing Strange.[13] Salinas Records re-released the album What a Dump in 2014.[12]

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 both ending their relationship with one another that same year.[14] Crutchfield spent time in her sister band on tour throughout the year while working on new material.[15] She signed to Merge Records in July 2016 and embarked on a solo tour in October of that year.[16]

In January 2017 Crutchfield released the Jeff Zeigler-produced solo album Tourist in This Town on Merge Records.[11] She described the record as "visceral, and a huge part of me processing these changes that I was going through".[15] The album was preceded by the single "I Don't Ever Wanna Leave California".[17]

Discography

References

  1. 1 2 Thomas, Fred. "Swearin' | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 2017-01-21.
  2. ↑ "Swearin'". Discogs. Retrieved 2017-01-21.
  3. ↑ Caramanica, Jon (2012-08-30). "Allison and Katie Crutchfield, Twins, Go Separate Ways". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-01-21.
  4. ↑ Jenn, Pelly (January 24, 2013). "Waxahatchee". pitchfork.com. Retrieved 2017-01-21.
  5. ↑ Apar, Corey. "The Ackleys | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 2017-01-21.
  6. ↑ Kelly, Joe (2010-09-25). "P.S. Eliot – Introverted Romance In Our Troubled Minds". Team Reasonable. Retrieved 2017-01-21.
  7. ↑ "Robert Christgau: CG: P.S. Eliot". www.robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 2017-01-21.
  8. ↑ "P.S. Eliot - Sadie". Discogs. Retrieved 2017-01-21.
  9. ↑ "p.s. eliot". pseliot.blogspot.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-01-21.
  10. ↑ Pelly, Jenn. "Rising: Waxahatchee". Pitchfork.com. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
  11. 1 2 Snapes, Laura (January 19, 2017). "First Listen: Allison Crutchfield, 'Tourist In This Town'". NPR.org. Retrieved 2017-01-21.
  12. 1 2 What a Dump, Salinas Records
  13. ↑ Pelly, Jenn. "Swearin' Announce New Album, Surfing Strange". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
  14. ↑ "Allison Crutchfield Tourist In This Town Interview". Stereogum. 2017-01-18. Retrieved 2017-01-21.
  15. 1 2 Joffe, Justin (January 24, 2017). "How Self-Empowerment Inspired Allison Crutchfield’s Bold Solo Album". Observer. Retrieved 2017-01-28.
  16. ↑ "Allison Crutchfield joins the Merge family, new album out in 2017". www.mergerecords.com. Retrieved 2017-01-28.
  17. ↑ "Allison Crutchfield – “I Don’t Ever Wanna Leave California” Video". Stereogum. 2017-01-12. Retrieved 2017-01-28.
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