Bottomless Pit by Swartzwelder

Max Miller and Alex Milstein formed Swartzwelder in a basement in Asheville, North Carolina in 2013. After graduating from UNC Asheville in 2014, the two friends impulsively moved to Philadelphia, where they began writing songs that would make up the band’s first release, I, Swartzwelder. Following a relocation to Greensboro, North Carolina, their long-time friend Jesse Akman joined on bass, transforming the group into a power trio.

From there, Swartzwelder began writing and performing new songs in earnest, culminating in 2016’s Hobby Horse, a disjointed debut album that speaks to the band’s eagerness to try out a variety of styles and emulate their disparate influences — Pile, Queen Moo, Toto and more. Now, with the Bottomless Pit EP, Swartzwelder focuses their sound with four tight tunes that exhibit their inclinations toward social anxiety and existential dread.

“There’s a stoic cowboy veneer to some of this music. The tone has more in common with the rider trying to keep his cool and not get thrown from a bucking and kicking animal than with the frantic gestures of the rodeo clowns.” — Yes! Weekly

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