Sunday 11 August 2013

Swain (formerly This Routine Is Hell)

Swain (who were formerly known as This Routine Is Hell) is a four-piece hardcore punk band from Utrecht, the Netherlands that began in 2009. They're passionately furious, making each song sound like a vicious declaration. Rumbling bass lines are violated by sharp, piercing guitar parts, which are backed by pounding drums and vocals that tear at your skin. Basically, this band just kills it. Check them out, Howl is probably one of my favourite hardcore releases of 2013 (so far). Enjoy.

FFO: Ceremony, Paint It Black, Trash Talk, Midnight Souls

The Verve Crusade (2010)
1. The Gate
2. Tied Down (but comfortable enough)
3. Manufacturing Consent
4. Crossed Fingers
5. Crooks & Robbers
6. The Verve Crusade
7. Make Haste
8. The Weight Of Defeat
9. Hear. See. Speak?
10. Question Everything
11. The Desperate Sway

Repent. Repeat. (2012)
1. Without Spirit, We Roam
2. Repent. Repeat.
3. Shine
4. Memories Are Haunting Me
5. Repulse
6. The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner

Howl (2013)
1. Gather Your Stones
2. Nostalgia
3. Howl
4. Shiver
5. - 
6. Wrongdoer
7. Cancer
8. I Wake To See The World Go Wild
9. Gloom
10. Don't Let Them
11. Uncommon Ground
12. Asleep

Heavy Dancing (2015)
1. I Weep For Mankind
2. Heavy Dancing
3. I Need Some Space
4. Vaarwel

The Long Dark Blue (2016)
1. Hold My Head
2. Half Asleep / Half Awake
3. Punk-Rock Messed You Up, Kid
4. Never Clean My Room
5. It's Hard To Make Friends
6. Kiss Me Hard
7. Faze Me
8. Secrets Inside
9. Seen A Good Man (In A Bad Mood)
10. You're Not Special
11. Hoping For It
12. It's A Strange Way Down (The Underwater Song)
13. Rid Myself Of You

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13 comments:

  1. Anonymous29 March 2015 at 01:27

    Just in case you edit posts (years) afterwards, these guys now run under the moniker "Swain" and released a new EP this March, called "Heavy Dancing" (again through Cobra Rec. and Ruins Rec.). As expected, it's just as awesome as Howl still is. Also there's technically another release that came out prior to The Verve Crusade, a split with a group called Alfatec that was released in 2008 (http://freepunkstuff.blogspot.de/2010/07/split-alfatec-this-routine-is-hell-2008.html). Even the guys themselves almost forgot about it, but as far as I remember they had a pretty different line-up back then so it's probably due to that.

    Awesome blog by the way, lots of awesome stuff and you really seem to put a lot of effort into the band's articles, liked that a lot. Keep up the good work!

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  2. stinna11 September 2016 at 01:30

    They released their new album The Long Dark Blue yesterday and it rocks!

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  3. Unknown9 November 2016 at 10:26

    Can you post their new album?

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  4. Unknown10 November 2016 at 18:54

    New album please I need it!

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  5. Anonymous29 December 2016 at 09:14

    yoooo we need the new album

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  6. Anonymous4 February 2017 at 20:51

    Can you please upload the new album, i'm really excited for it

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  7. Anonymous27 January 2018 at 02:05

    The links to Howl and Heavy Dancing don't seem to be working.

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  8. Unknown9 June 2018 at 11:55

    RE-UPLOAD PLEASE

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  9. Anonymous25 December 2018 at 18:05

    RE-UPLOAD PLEASE RE-UPLOAD PLEASE RE-UPLOAD PLEASE RE-UPLOAD PLEASE RE-UPLOAD PLEASE RE-UPLOAD PLEASE RE-UPLOAD PLEASE RE-UPLOAD PLEASE RE-UPLOAD PLEASE RE-UPLOAD PLEASE

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  10. rikardinho barcellos29 April 2019 at 09:07

    re-up please

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  11. Anonymous2 July 2019 at 19:12

    Um as everyone has been saying for months. Re-up. Howl isn't working.

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  12. bmbmbm6 August 2019 at 22:11

    I would love a reupload of the long dark blue, thanks in advance :)

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  13. Anonymous29 December 2019 at 17:43

    The admin of this blog must have died.

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