Thursday,
June 12 @ 5 p.m.
The House of Bricks
Des Moines, IA
$7 (all ages!)
w/Tub Ring, Divided We Fall, The Leo Project
Friday, June 13 @ 8 p.m.
Five-Mile House
North of Denison, IA
$5 (all ages!)
w/Stanwood Charlie, Mind Vein, Systematix, a bunch more
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Hold For Swank songs have been heard on the following
Oxygen and MTV series (neat):
The Bad Girls Club
* Big Rock For U
* Does She Realize?
* Sleeping With the Enemy
* Loosen Up, Man
* Big City Life For a Small Town Girl
* Blinded By Her Glasses
Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Inferno 3
* Big Rock For U
Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Gauntlet 3
* Big Rock For U
* Sleeping With the Enemy
The Bad Girls Road Trip
* Big Rock For U
* Alicia
True Life: I'm a Southern Belle
* Big City Life For a Small Town Girl
True Life: I Live Another Life on the Web
* The Woes of Love
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Eric Nelson
Vocals/Guitar |
Max Kenkel
Bass/Vocals |
Nick Talley
Drums |
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From Des Moines
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
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From ArtSceneIowa.com:
Hold For Swank - 4 Stars
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 clichés are sometimes hidden and
sometimes very overt. A record full of great music with zero
pretenses. — Tony Tarbox
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From Datebook/Des
Moines Register
Hold For Swank - 3 Stars
A rock trio formed in Storm Lake whose 17-track album of romantic
foibles serves some catchy melodies laced with self-deprecating
humor. Start with “Alicia."
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