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Swmrs (pronounced as "Swimmers") is an American surf punk band formed in Oakland, California in 2004 by Cole Becker and Joey Armstrong, with Cole's brother Max joining only a few weeks afterwards. They drew on a mix of influences ranging from the Beach Boys to the Ramones to create their own brand of rock and roll, known as "surf punk". The band added Travis Neumann in 2009, who later left in 2014 due to creative differences. The band released a demo and a string of EPs from 2008 to 2010. The band released their first album, ''Don't Be a Dick'', on June 14, 2011. The band's second album, ''Lost at Seventeen'', was released on June 11, 2013. Bassist Sebastian Mueller missed a few shows in 2015 due to college exams and was replaced by drummer Joey Armstrong's brother, Jakob Armstrong for a few shows. The bands third studio album and their first under the name Swmrs after dropping their former name, Drive North, is set to be released February 12, 2016, via Uncool Records. ==History== The band was formed by Cole Becker and Joey Armstrong. Cole's brother, Max Becker, later joined the band to play bass. They are known for being the youngest kids to play at 924 Gilman Street. The band was originally named The Raining Souls, but they briefly changed to The Clocks. After realizing there were already many bands with the same name, they changed it to Emily's Army in honor to Max's and Cole's cousin Emily, who suffers from Cystic Fibrosis. Their goal was to raise money and create more awareness for Cystic Fibrosis. In 2008, they released a set of songs on their MySpace page under the album name ''This Kid''. Although ''This Kid'' is not an official studio album, a few of these songs appeared throughout their career, including "Burn Apollo" that was re-recorded on their debut album, ''Queens'' being played live in 2012, and "I Need to Be Fixed" played live during Warped Tour 2012. The band played many small shows and festivals in California during this time. In 2009 the band added guitarist Travis Neumann whose first appearance was on the band's 2009 EP, ''Goody Two Shoes''. that was followed by the release of two more EPs, ''Broadcast This'' and ''Regan MacNeil''. The band spent all of 2010 working and recording their first studio album with Billie Joe Armstrong. In 2011, the band released their first full-length album, ''Don't Be a Dick'', on June 14 through Adeline Records. The album featured six re-recorded songs from their earlier releases. In 2012 the band returned to touring, most notably on Warped Tour.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Emily's Army - )〕 The band spent the rest of 2012 and early 2013 recording their second album. After touring in 2013 the band returned to the studio to record their second studio album''Lost at Seventeen'' on June 11, 2013 via Adeline Records and Rise Records.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Emily's Army - Lost at Seventeen - Amazon.com Music )〕 The band went on tour with Vans Warped Tour to support the album for the second time in their career.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Warped Tour 2013: Emily's Army Excels Past Family Ties )〕 They also toured for the very first time in Great Britain.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Emily's Army (Rise Records) announce UK tour dates – Alternative Press )〕 They played their final shows as Emily's Army during the Soundwave Festival in 2015 in Australia.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Emily's Army talk Soundwave Festival and name change. )〕 In early 2014 the band started writing and recording their third studio album. Travis Neumann officially left the band shortly after the release of their EP ''Swim'', on July 18, 2014, consequently, bassist Sebastian Mueller joined the band while Max switched to lead guitar. In September 2014 the band officially changed their name to "Swimmers".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Emily's Army Change Name to Swimmers )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Emily's Army )〕 Before this change was made, however, Swimmers was the name that the band used as a low key name for a small UK tour with Matt Grocott & The Shrives. The band released there first song as Swimmers, a cover of "Dancing on My Own", by Robyn in October 2014.〔https://soundcloud.com/swimmersca/dancing-on-my-own〕 The band announced that they would be releasing an EP, ''Silver Bullets/Palm Trees'' on March 30, 2015.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=- Swimmers announce new EP Palm Trees/Silver Bullet )〕 In March 2015, the band announced that ''Silver Bullest/Palm Trees'' release would be delayed and that Jakob Armstrong, brother of drummer Joey, would be filling in for bassist Seb Mueller who had to take college exams. Mueller was subsequently replaced by drummer Joey Armstrong's brother, Jakob Armstrong. On March 28, 2015 at Burgerama, bassist Seb Mueller returned to the band. The release of ''Silver Bullest/Palm Trees'' was eventually shelved. The band entered the studio to record their third studio album on June 10, 2015. On June 22, the band announced a September Tour along with Wavves and Twin Peaks. The band revealed that an album was coming March 2016, if not earlier. The band released four songs via Soundcloud in July 2015, two of which were uploaded by themselves, the other two, "Stink Eye", by Frankenshark—an early side-project that the band uses in live sets—and a leaked song, "Like Harry Dean Stanton".〔https://soundcloud.com/swimmersca〕 The band announced that they will be releasing an EP, ''Miley/Uncool'', on September 8, 2015 on their own indie label "Uncool Records". The EP's first single, "Miley", was leaked online on September 7, 2015. 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=swmrs wrote the most punk tribute to miley cyrus ever )〕 The band would also start stylizing their name as "Swmrs" (instead of "Swimmers") in August 2015. Physical copies of the EP where made available on the band's tour with Wavves. The band announced their upcoming "Drive North" on November 6, 2015 and released single "Figuring It Out". The album is to be released on February 12, 2016 via Uncool Records.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=PREMIERE: Oakland's SWMRS Deal With Life Tomorrow on “Figuring It Out” )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Swmrs」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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