The Swellers "Ups and Downsizing" LP Fueled by Ramen Records (US)

Vinyl is NM, Jacket is VG

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Pressed on Grey Marbled Wax!

Track Listing:

A1 2009 2:56 A2 Fire Away 3:52 A3 Sleeper 2:55 A4 Welcome Back Riders 2:55 A5 Feet First 4:07 A6 Do You Feel Better Yet? 2:27 B1 Ups And Downsizing 3:47 B2 The Iron 2:13 B3 Watch It Go 4:09 B4 Stars 5:49 B5 Dirt
The Swellers is an band from . Its music draws influence from melodic punk rock bands as well as alternative and indie rock from the 90s.

On June 24, 2002, brothers Nick and Jonathan Diener brought their friend Nate Lamberts from to Fenton, MI to jam. In the following days, The Swellers was formed and recorded a 3 song demo.

After a week, the band booked its first show at the in opening for the band Divit ().

After a few years of playing shows all over Michigan and eventually the Midwest, The Swellers recruited Nick Ondovcsik on 2nd guitar. After a short lived stint with the band, Ondovcsik left in order to pursue other musical interests, eventually forming the death metal band Ares Letum. In early 2005, Lamberts followed, leaving to pursue a college education. Close friends and fellow members of the Flint music scene at the time, Garrett Burgett and Lance Nelson, joined soon after on bass and guitar.

The band recorded Beginning Of The End Again in the spring of 2005 at Sentient Studios in Flint, MI. That summer the band signed to Search and Rescue Records and played a Midwestern/Canadian leg of the .

Since the summer of 2006, The Swellers has been constantly touring the U.S. That same year, they signed to Japanese Label Radtone Music, and flew out to do a week of shows.

In November and December 2006, The Swellers went to the newly moved Sentient Studio in to record their full length album, . The album was released on June 5, 2007 through Search and Rescue Records.

From the months of March 2008 to May, Lance and Garrett left the group before several large tours. The Swellers enlisted the guitarist of the fellow labelmates and now defunct act, Alucard (whose other guitarist recently joined ), and close friend Brad Linden to fulfill the bass duties for several months.

Second guitar player Ryan Collins joined the band prior to the recording of , and soon after, bassist Anto Boros, previously of the Canadian band, Sydney, joined The Swellers to round out the new lineup.

Their debut, titled Ups and Downsizing, was recorded at Drasik Studios in Chicago, IL by Mark Michalik and was released on September 29, 2009. In support of the album, The Swellers toured as an opening act for 's 'Brand New Eyes' tour, which began on September 29, 2009.

The Swellers was an opening act for on their Winter United States tour, along with street punk band, . Throughout early 2010, The Swellers went on tour with for their My Dinosaur Life Tour.

The Swellers journeyed to Europe for the first time in 2010 and played the Give It A Name Festival in several countries, Groezrock in Belgium, then headlined the Give It A Name Introduces Tour in the UK with Anarbor and The Dangerous Summer.

From June 25 to July 17, 2010, The Swellers played Vans Warped Tour for the second time on the Ernie Ball Stage.

In March the band was named one of Shred News's 'Artists to watch in 2010'

The band supported in October on the Vans Off The Wall Tour in Europe, flew home to play The Fest 9 in Gainesville, FL with The Suicide Machines, Strike Anywhere and A Wilhelm Scream. One month later the band went back overseas to support .

In April 2011 The Swellers supported on their & tour for their 3rd studio album

In 2011, The Swellers joined , , and on the .

It was announced April, 22nd 2011 through that the new album titled Good For Me would be released on June 14, where one of the new tracks called "Best I Ever Had" could be streamed.

In April 2012 they announced their departure from the Fueled by Ramen label. They would release a 7" (Vehicle City Blues) on Side One Dummy Records.

On October 16, The Swellers self released an EP entitled Running Out Of Places To Go. It is composed of five songs that the band recorded and produced independently.

The Swellers signed to in May 2013 and announced in August of 2013 that they would be releasing their 4th full length, The Light Under Closed Doors, on October 29.

On April 15, 2014, The Swellers announced via Facebook their release of "B-sides and Rarities."

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