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Boston, United States (1990 – present)

Swirlies is a band from Boston that formed in 1990. Notorious for loud, wall-of-noise guitar music, as well as a twisted quiet side, Swirlies have a fondness for the phrase “sneakyflute music” to describe their endeavors. Their live shows usually culminate with the mechanical failure of some piece of equipment, or the interminable tuning of Damon’s guitar While Andrew Bernick puked his anxiety (not booze, never ever booze…) out by the side of the stage. They have been known to inadvertently break things in hotel rooms and rent-a-vans, and are particularly apt at signing somewhat undesirable (for the band) contracts with people they barely know. These activities have earned them a “bad-boy (and girl)” image in the music industry and have sent them into such a state of financial ruin that they have gone on to pursue graduate student stipends.

Swirlies released a series of EPs and four albums on the Taang! label before moving on to Bubblecore Records for 2003’s Cats of the Wild Volume 2. A handful of singles have also appeared through Slumberland, Pop Narcotic, Working Holiday and others, and the band has also released a number of cassettes, CDs, and downloadable albums on its Sneakyflute Empire label, including a rock opera addressing harbored feelings of enmity towards Meg Zamula. Orthogonal to the Zamula affair, bass player and keyboardist Andrew Bernick releases Swirlies-related material on his Richmond County Archives a label whose guiding principle is the collection and presentation of music in its natural, messed-up state (NOT to be confused with “lounge music”).
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  • standbelow

    everything they've done in the 90s is worth listening, if not getting, ending with strictly east coast sneaky flute music.

    last week

  • ifeelok

    reminds me of like if thurston moore played in asobi seksu or something

    15 days ago

  • Inuzini

    in the same vein: brokedick car ep, what to do about them

    17 days ago

  • NoahIsCool

    anything other than their first 2 albums worth getting?

    19 days ago

  • ibelieveinpizza

    best band from new england evah

    March 2012

  • Anihill8or

    I like it!:-)

    March 2012

  • mattmacneil

    they spent their wild youthful days is probably a perfect album.

    March 2012

  • MADBOATZ

    ISN'T ANYTHING.

    February 2012
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