History

Jeff Crandall at a June 2008 show

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Swallows came into being in the summer of 2007 when the indie rock band Thinland went through some major line-up changes.

For more than a year, Jeff Crandall (guitar, vocals), Aaron Kerr (cello) and Frank Spencer (keyboards, guitars) have been working on Songs for Strippers (and other professions), a follow-up to Thinland's 2003 release Tracing the Cracks.

Swallows' line-up also includes Tyson Allison (The Sleeper Pins) on percussion, keyboards, bleeps, blips, vocals and guitar.

Songs for Strippers (and other professions) will be released on July 15, 2008.

Tyson Allison.

Mixes from the CD and videos for new material are available on Swallow's MySpace page.

Aaron, Tyson and Jeff are currently mixing Dissonant Creatures, a collection of minimalist compositions by Aaron Kerr that will be released on Emperor Penguin Records in the summer of 2008.

Swallows are also currently writing and tracking their next full-length CD, Covert Transmissions to the Elementals. Covert Transmissions will be released in the Fall of 2008.