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Member Since: 7/19/2005
Band Website: holdforswank.com
Band Members: Eric Nelson - vocals, guitar
Max Kenkel - bass, vocals
Nick Talley - drums
Influences: Weezer, Ultimate Fakebook, Alkaline Trio, Reel Big Fish, the Get Up Kids, Green Day, Nerf Herder, Reggie and the Full Effect... maybe a dash of Huey Lewis & the News, just for you haters.
Sounds Like: From Cityview: Remember when you were young and breaking up with your significant other and having a fling was a rite of summer? Maybe you're trying to forget. Local rockers Hold For Swank hasn't, which is why the timing of their new album, "This is Why We Can't Have Nice Things," rife with breezy tunes of young love (and lust) sugar-coated with digestible pop melodies might be the perfect soundtrack for adventurous young lovers this summer. Vocalist-guitarist Eric Nelson, bassist Max Kenkel and drummer David Dempster seem to revel in the roller-coaster emotions of heartbreak in a surprisingly uplifting way on songs like "The Woes of Love," "Does She Realize," "Sleeping With the Enemy" and "My Promise (Another Fucking Love Song)." Ah, youth. -Michael Swanger
From Art Scene Iowa:
4 Stars (out of 5)
Similar to: Angels and Airwaves, The Fray
Hold for Swank are among the cream of the crop when talking about artists from the Waterloo/Cedar Falls area. HFS has an easily accessible sound that creeps up on the listener and once the music takes hold, it doesn't let go until the end of the record. The most appealing part about "Nice Things" is that never does the band take themselves too seriously. Tongue in cheek nods to unrequited love and obvious cliches are sometimes hidden and sometimes very overt. A record full of great music with zero pretenses. -Tony Tarbox
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