The American indie band Swell was not in the studio, but on stage at Muziekgieterij, in front of the audience. Swell’s music is elusive. The band navigates between punk, psychedelia and folk and lards its music with cinematic elements. Exactly one year ago singer and guitarist David Freel died and now his fellow band members are on the road in tribute to their deceased companion.
The second leg of the tribute tour will take place at the end of this year (December). Only the West Coast will served. The plan: five, maybe six shows. We’re still figuring it out. More information will follow in the weeks & months to come. Booked & confirmed: the shows @Madame Lou’s on December 9. Place 2b: Madame Lou’s.
We are very honored to be able to announce that the very generous crew at Maastricht are going to be broadcasting the concert live on Vimeo on 19 April, 2023 at 8:30pm European time from Muziekgieterij in Maastricht.
One year and a day after David FREEL’s tragic passing, we met with the surviving members of SWELL in Lyon on April 13 for their European tour commemorating the loss of their band leader.
A fantastic collection of Swell covers.
Interview with Monte Vallier (bass), Sean Kirkpatrick (drums), John Dettman-Lytle (vocals, guitar) and Niko Wenner (guitar) by Mickaël Mottet, with the benevolent presence of Renée Clancy.
Very happy to have been able to chat (remotely) with Sean Kirkpatrick and Monte Vallier about the Swell tribute European tour to David Freel this April, passing through France. They will be in particular on April 18 at Petit Bain, in Paris.
By Wouter De Sutter
A tribute to David Freel (1958-2022)
“Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re going to get” Forrest Gump said in the print of the same name. A hell of a one-liner. Albeit one in two chunks. Expect the unexpected, but better worded.
Under the name “Sunshine Everyday Tour”, four members of the very first line-ups of the American band SWELL come together one more time to honor their singer David Freel, who died in 2022. Expect classics from their first four albums, which were released between 1990 and 1997: Swell, …Well?, 41 and Too Many Days Without Thinking with the Duyster hit “What I Always Wanted”.
Where are they going to be? Discos Amsterdam right now!!!
Today, David would be 65 if “he stayed in this life”. We’re glad you were born and gifted us all.
In a tribute to David Freel, four of the founding members of the group are coming to Europe in April of 2023 for a month of shows and to see all of our old friends in a celebration of David.
Especial Swell. Everyday Sunshine: Tribute to David Freel European Tour 2023. Author: Chals Roig. A Special dedicated to the band Swell who are back on a tribute tour to the late David Freel, founding member and main songwriter of the band.
In a tribute to David Freel, four of the founding members of the group are coming to Europe in April of 2023 for a month of shows and to see all of our old friends in a celebration of David.
Friday, April 14, 2023, at the Coopérative de Mai, the guys from Swell gave, on the occasion of a perfect tribute to David Freel, who passed away a year ago, one of the most moving concerts I have seen.
