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About Me

"Swoon make music that takes your heart, dances with it then puts it back beating stronger than ever"*. A dynamic Contemporary Folk Rock duo comprised of Angela Smith on vocals and percussion and Josh Notting on guitar, vocals, stompbox and foot tambourine.
Starting up in July 2006 their magical songwriting partnership and passionate onstage delivery has seen them go from strength to strength. Playing support for Powderfinger & Silverchair on the Across the Great Divide Tour, Glen Shorrock, Deborah Conway, Andrew Morris, Dave Flower and well known Australian folk act Jigzag. The festival credits to their name are the Yungaburra 08', Palm Creek 08', Wintermoon 08' & 09' and Springfest 07' folk festivals.
Influenced by their own Kindred, Love, Led Zeppelin and Jigzag their combination of soul nourishing lyrics, potent vocals and inventive guitar, along with songs full of driving rhythms, epic crescendos and heart breaking melodies have formed the Swoon sound. They write and perform a range of material from danceable, high energy Folk Rock to tender ballads and humorous dittys.
In August 2008 Swoon recorded their debut album ‘Kindred’ at Dog & Bear Studios in Melbourne which has received airplay on Triple J and many community stations across oz. They are currently touring up and down the East Coast making friends, writing and loving every minute of their experience in this beautiful country.
Some kind words:
Palm Creek Folk Festival 2008 (North Queensland) was delighted to have Swoon (Josh Notting and Angela Smith) from Mackay perform on the Saturday night, a popular night for festival audiences to let their hair down. Josh and Ange captivated the crowd at once. Strong, vibrant vocals coupled with energetic, resonant guitar make this duo's sound amazingly powerful. A dynamic mix of upbeat and melodious songs underpinned their great performance.
Bronwyn Todd
Program Director of Palm Creek Folk Festival
Debut Album 'Kindred' and heaps of other Swooniness available at www.swoonmusic.net check it out!
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Music:

Member Since: 15/03/2007
Band Website: http://www.swoonmusic.net
Band Members: Angela Smith - Lead Vocals & Percussion
Josh Notting - Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, Stomp Box & Foot Tambourine
Influences: Led Zeppelin, Jigzag, Stringmansassy, Love, Tony Joe White, Crowded House, Eric Clapton, Alcohol, Stevie Ray Vaughan, A Perfect Circle, Marilyn Manson, Powderfinger, Dave Flower Band, Family & Friends, George, Evanescence, Fleetwood Mac, Sunsets, Eagles, Tori Amos, Nice Swimming Holes, Aretha Franklin, Jeff Lang, Josh Notting, Angela Smith.

Swoon Youtube videos of Talk All You Want & Beautiful Man

Swoon with Tully & Bruce Mathiske at the Yunguburra FF 08' performing Watch Out

For bookings and info contact us at:
mail at swoonmusic dot net

Some info on our debut album 'Kindred'
Released 13th December 2008

Kindred is Swoon's debut album and was recorded in Melbourne at Dog & Bear Studios by Steve Vella. It is 13 of their best tracks and they all just sound so damn good. In a stylish 4 panel cardboard digipack with beautiful original artwork by Sarah Pratt and a booklet full of artwork and lyrics. Everybody needs a copy for their homes and cars.

Featuring

- Angela Smith on Lead Vocals and Percussion

- Josh Notting on Acoustic Guitar, Backup Vocals, StompBox and Foot Tamborine

- Liz Frencham (Jigzag, Frencham Smith, Dev'lish Mary) on Double Bass tracks 6 and 12.

- Peter Vidaveloo (Jugularity) on drums and percussion tracks 3, 6 and 7.

To purchase a copy securely over our website click here

Track Listing
1. Kindred
2. Baby's Comin' Home
3. Watch Out
4. Talk All You Want
5. Alec & Edna
6. Beautiful Man
7. Paradise
8. The Credit Or The Blame
9. River To The Sea
10. Free Tonight
11. I Can't Fall
12. There Is Only Love
13. Give In To Me

For lyrics click here

Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Check out this event: JIMMY WATTS BAND, SWOON and EVAN DALY

Hosted By:SwoonWhen:Friday, 10 July 2009Where:The Andergrove TavernAndergrove RdMACKAY4740Description:Live and All OriginalClick Here To View Event
Posted by on Wed, 24 Jun 2009 02:27:00 GMT

The launch and Everything!

Hey there Honeys!Yes! yes! what a night the launch turned out to be a HUGE success thanks to so many great people showing up!! Everyone we know and their Parents rocked up and rocked out to an aweso...
Posted by on Tue, 13 Jan 2009 19:58:00 GMT

Kindred album launch Sat 13th Dec @ Andergrove Tavern

Kindred album launch Sat 13th Dec @ Andergrove Tavern Just one more sleep folks, Kindred album launch tomorrow night from 8pm with support by Dave Flower. Last chance to see Swoon before we go on tour...
Posted by on Fri, 12 Dec 2008 02:54:00 GMT

To Melbourne I say and Don't spare the horses!

Well Hello There Our Lovely Music Appreciators!Josh and I have just returned from an epic Journey to Melbourne and back to record our Debut Album!We left At the end of July and drove 10 hour...
Posted by on Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:03:00 GMT

Lyrics up on www.swoonmusic.net

Hi All We have put the lyrics to all of the tracks off both our Ep's on our official site www.swoonmusic.net I've you've always been wondering what the hell Ange was saying on your favourite Swoon tra...
Posted by on Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:44:00 GMT

Dave Flower House Party!

Hey Hey, Well we heard Dave Flower was in town so we decided on the Sat night of the Doof to invite him down from Airlie to Play in Mackay ( what a choice idea I thought..) So Josh and I contacted Dav...
Posted by on Sun, 29 Jun 2008 20:56:00 GMT

What a Doof!

Ahoy Hoy, Last weekend we had the wonderful experience of warming up a bunch of people who were gearing up to dance the night away at a secret Doofa!! The awesome Chris Penna played before u...
Posted by on Sun, 29 Jun 2008 20:30:00 GMT

Palm Creek Folk Fest

It all started out innocently enough, Josh and I applied for Palm Creek but didn't get on the bill. Ok fair enough. So we took a support Gig for Andrew Morris on that Sunday in Mackay (a 7.30am soundc...
Posted by on Thu, 12 Jun 2008 22:30:00 GMT

I got Swooned at Wintermoon 08!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well!!!............. To start, Josh and I were so happy to be playing on the mainstage not just once but four times!! We had written a few new 'Swoon Tunes' and in the weeks before had been worki...
Posted by on Tue, 20 May 2008 21:28:00 GMT

Australia Day

Hey folks, Josh and I had the best Australia day! First we attended a rockin TripleJ hottest 100 BBQ Partae at our friends Keiren and Jono's and Brad and Dee's house. Enjoyed a few bevvies whilst&nbs...
Posted by on Tue, 20 May 2008 20:57:00 GMT