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Feelings And Such

by Louden Swain

Release Date: Nov 11, 2022

Available on iTunes, Amazon, or wherever you download or stream music.

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Track Listing:

1. Wine And Roses

2. Guilty One

3. Gimme Some

4. Bring It In

5. Bottle You Up

6. Next To The Light

7. There’s The Rub

8. Crystal Ball

9. Bona Fide

10. King Of Silverlake

11. Every Little Thing

12. One Of Those Things

13. Sleepyhead

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FOOLISH

by Louden Swain

Release Date: April 1, 2022

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Track Listing:

1. Foolish Romance

2. Comeback Kid

3. Letter

4. What I Got Myself Into

5. Basement Of No Hope

6. Let The Music Play

7. Apocalyptic

8. The Company

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Splitting The Seams

by Louden Swain

Release Date: Oct 26, 2018

Available on iTunes, Amazon, or wherever you download or stream music.

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Saturday Night Special

by Louden Swain

Release Date: Aug 25, 2017

Available on iTunes, or wherever you download or stream music.

Louden Swain's first ever LIVE album! Captured between Nov 2015 and March 2017 and includes Guest Performances from Jensen Ackles, Briana Buckmaster, Osric Chau, Matt Cohen, Ruth Connell, Gil McKinney, Kim Rhodes, and Richard Speight, Jr.

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No Time Like The Present

by Louden Swain

Release Date: Jan 13, 2017

Available on iTunes or wherever you download or stream music.

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Sky Alive

by Louden Swain

Release Date: Apr 29, 2014

Available on iTunes or wherever you download or stream music.

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Eskimo

by Louden Swain

Release Date: Jan 19, 2012

Available on iTunes or wherever you download or stream music.

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A Brand New Hurt

by Louden Swain

Release Date: Feb 10, 2009

Available on iTunes or wherever you download or stream music.

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Suit and Tie

by Louden Swain

Release Date: Apr 18, 2006

Available on iTunes or wherever you download or stream music.

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Overachiever (Re-issue)

by Louden Swain

Release Date: Jan 20, 2015

Available on iTunes or wherever you download or stream music.

Originally released Feb 27, 2003 as a 5 song EP.

Remastered and re-issued with 5 previously unreleased bonus tracks on Jan 20, 2015.

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Able-Legged Heroes

by Louden Swain

Release Date: Feb 27, 2001

Available on iTunes or wherever you download or stream music.

[PHYSICAL ALBUM OUT OF PRINT]

Track Listing:

1. Make Believe

2. Starin’ At The Middle

3. Paper, Plastic

4. Head Check

5. Grandma’s Song

6. Yeah, Well

7. St. Louis

8. When I’m Gone

9. Three Car Garage

10. In Like Finn

11. Undergrad (2002 Single Release)

12. Prom (2002 Single Release)

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Like it was for everyone else, 2020 was difficult for Los Angeles based indie rock band Louden Swain.  Their US and European tour dates were cancelled by May.  They had been working on new music, but were relegated to zoom sessions and email to work through ideas.  As 2020 dragged on, it seemed a herculean task to put together a new full-length album.  Nonetheless, they were excited by the bits and pieces of new music they did have, so in January of 2021 they decided to set a new goal - release a single per month for as many months as it took until they were able to get back on the road and support what will eventually become their next full length release.

The first single from this as yet untitled album is called “Basement Of No Hope” (set for release on March 12th, 2021).  While the title may conjure up images of pandemic related solitude, the reality is that the song was born from a friendly contest the band partook in during their 2018 tour.  In deciding who would get their pick of rooms in whatever house the band had rented that night on tour, they resorted to a classic game of Rock, Paper, Scissors.  A much disputed start of the contest (which was caught on video at the time and still exists on YouTube) resulted in lead singer Rob Benedict finishing last and ending up with the worst room in the house - a cold, dimly lit, windowless cavern in the basement.

The song is uniquely Louden Swain - lots of guitars lead by Billy Moran and Benedict, driving drums courtesy of Stephen Norton, thumping bass from Michael Borja, and the trademark lyrical wit and engaging vocal performance from Benedict - elements which have been staples of their 9 albums and 20 plus years together. It’s an anthemic piece reminiscent of the 80’s but with a distinctly modern feel.

Fans of (almost) all things 80’s, the band took their name from the protagonist in the 1985 film Vision Quest portrayed by Matthew Modine. Lead singer and guitarist Rob Benedict, bassist/keyboardist Michael Borja and drummer Stephen Norton launched the band in 1997 after meeting at a party in Los Angeles. Their early punk-inspired sound quickly expanded into a more adventurous and experimental sensibility, while maintaining the tuneful, emotionally open approach that first endeared fans on the early releases: Able-Legged Heroes (2001), Overachiever (2003), and Suit And Tie (2006).  The addition of lead guitarist Billy Moran in 2006 allowed the band to finally realize the sonic vision that they'd been hearing in their heads. 

Those epic visions and expanded horizons manifested themselves on the albums A Brand New Hurt (2009), Eskimo (2011), Sky Alive (2014), No Time Like The Present (2017), and Splitting The Seams (2018) - an acoustic re-imagining of songs from their vast catalog. They also released a highly popular live album Saturday Night Special (2019). Along the way the band discovered a fervid fanbase propelled by fans of The CW’s hit television show Supernatural which featured lead singer Rob Benedict in the role of God, also known as Chuck The Prophet.

Basement Of No Hope represents as much a return to normalcy as anyone can find these days. An energetic, spirited song that makes you want to move and keep moving, which is exactly what Louden Swain is planning on doing with every new single they put out over the next 10 months.

Louden Swain c/o 3 Car Wreckords, 11271 Ventura Blvd. Suite 500, Studio City, CA 91604, United States of Americabooking@loudenswain.com

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