Swingin' Utters (album) explained

Swingin' Utters
Type:	Album
Artist:	Swingin' Utters
Cover:	Swingin Utters - Self-Titled cover.jpg
Released:	October 10, 2000^[1]
Recorded:	April–May 2000 at Motor Studios, San Francisco
Genre:	Punk rock cowpunk folk rock
Length:	36:38
Label:	Fat Wreck Chords 603 (CD and LP)^[2]
Producer:	Swingin' Utters, Ryan Greene
Prev Title:	BYO Split Series, Vol. 2
Prev Year:	1999
Next Title:	Dead Flowers, Bottles, Bluegrass, and Bones
Next Year:	2003

Swingin' Utters is an album by American punk rock band Swingin' Utters, released in 2000.^{[3] [4]} It was produced by Ryan Greene, and has a folkier sound than the band's previous albums.

Critical reception

The Pembroke Observer wrote that "the opening track, 'Pills and Smoke', is immediately so retro sounding that it could reel anyone back into the days of crash and burn English punk rock, whereas 'Watching the Wayfarers' is a superb rockabilly, country blues number that's complete with mandolin and upright bass."^[5] The San Antonio Express-News wrote that the Utters "toss in elements of cowpunk, folk/rock and melody ... [their] songs stretch boundaries with instrumentation such as upright bass, violin, piano, cello and mandolin."^[6]

Track listing

All songs written by Darius Koski, except for where noted.

1. "Pills & Smoke" – 2:34
2. "Taken Train" – 2:11
3. "Watching the Wayfarers" – 1:55
4. "The Note" (Max Huber) – 2:51
5. "Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?" (Huber) – 2:33
6. "Playboys, Punks, and Pretty Things" – 3:05
7. "Second Skin" – 1:59
8. "Eddie's Teddy" (O'Brien) – 2:44
9. "Teen Idol Eyes" (Johnny Bonnel, Koski) – 2:25
10. "The Green Glass" (Huber) – 2:00
11. "Scum Grief" – 2:19
12. "Another Day" – 1:58
13. "Step Inside this Room" – 2:36
14. "Little Creeps" – 2:00
15. "My Glass House" (Aust Koski, Koski) – 3:28

Personnel

• Johnny Bonnel (vocals)
• Max Huber (guitar, vocals; lead vocals on "The Note")
• Darius Koski (guitar, vocals, accordion, organ, viola, violin; lead vocals on "Watching the Wayfarers" and "My Glass House")
• Greg McEntee (drums)
• Spike Slawson (bass guitar, vocals; lead vocals on "The Green Glass"; guitar on "Scum Grief" and "Teen Idol Eyes")

Additional musicians:

• Max Butler (pedal steel guitar, mandolin)
• Pat Johnson (piano)
• Mikey Porter (cello)
• Rockin' Lloyd Tripp (upright bass on "Watching the Wayfarers")
• Ryan Greene (percussion)

External links

• Swingin' Utters official discography

Notes and References

1. Web site: Just Out. CMJ New Music Monthly. November 1, 2000. CMJ Network, Inc.. Google Books.
2. Web site: Swingin' Utters. Fat Wreck Chords.
3. Web site: Artist Biography by John Bush . AllMusic . 18 May 2021.
4. News: Masley . Ed . LOCAL MUSIC . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . 2 Nov 2000 . E5.
5. News: Swingin' Utters: Swingin' Utters . The Pembroke Observer . 27 Jan 2001 . Entertainment . 11.
6. News: Beal Jr. . Jim . Night Lights . San Antonio Express-News . March 30, 2001 . 15H.